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Tut, tut Louis! You yourself are preaching to the "choir" when you claim that Syria needs a socialist leadership. Yet ironically you excoriate me for arguing for communism on YOUR list. However I am not going to be the judgemental "missionary" here. You are perfectly free to make such statements. I never claimed that a communist movement was not needed. I merely argued that the principal source of instability in Syria lies with US imperialism. However, against your sentiments, my view is that Cuba was not and is not a "socialist" country. Socialism in one country is not possible. I had better not refer to Trotsky in this regard for fear of being subjected to attack by you for being sectarian. It is this valuable point that was, I believe, the main thrust of my argument. You described my standpoint as "bullshit". The guidelines for YOUR list suggest civility. Calling what I write on the list as bullshit is hardly civil. But who can moderate the moderator? Take Care Paddy Hackett On 17 Oct 2016 17:09, "Louis Proyect via Marxism" < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > On 10/17/16 11:43 AM, Paddy Hackett via Marxism wrote: > >> Despite this it is true that US imperialism is a principal cause of the >> instability there. >> > > This is complete bullshit. > > First of all, "instability" is not the problem. That was not the problem > in Vietnam, Cuba or any other country that had a revolutionary struggle > against a dictatorship. The main difference between Syria and these other > countries was that it lacked a socialist leadership like the Castro > brothers and Che Guevara. > > Paddy, you need to become better informed about Syria before you waste > bandwidth like this. > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > ions/marxism/paraichackett%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
