Pakistan coup

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Oct 14 10:20:21 PDT 1999


Doug Henwood wrote:


> [from the World Bank's daily clipping service]
>
> PAKISTAN FACING ECONOMIC ISOLATION AFTER COUP.
>
> Pakistan was facing international economic isolation last night as ...

The basic intentions of the men (women?) who make these decisions have very doubtfully changed since the days when the same persons not only approved but aided military coups in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Indonesia, etc. etc. etc.

The "kneejerk" or "dogmatic" negative response to all diplomatic or military activity by all imperialist states is looking better and better. It is merely a response to reality, like blinking your eye when dust blows into it.

Carrol



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