On Jul 11, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
Michael Perelman wrote:
Why is it that the choice comes down to some god-awful regime and
the neoliberal alternative?<
It's partly because even among leftists (who should know better)
people are wedded to either/or thinking (the "enemy of my enemy is my
friend," etc.) If the "Western" media supports the anti-mullah forces
(and dissident mullahs) then they _must_ be bad.
This swings both ways. For Iranians, "third world" people, others, the
enemy (leftists in the West) of their enemy (local capitalists,
colonial and foreign powers, religious instigators), are not their
friends.
--ravi
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