whose point of view

[joanna bujes]

At 11:09 PM 10/01/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >I think it's also important to point out that when you destroy the
> >organized left as a matter of general foreign policy, all that is
> >left is the organized far right, and that maybe it's time to
> >reconsider whether that's such a great thing.
>
>  From whose point of view? Having destroyed the left, the U.S.
>bourgeoisie ended up with a pretty free reign for a couple of
>decades. They've got a little problem on their hands now, for sure,
>but where would they be if Commies had gotten control of Middle
>Eastern oil, and there was a strong domestic left in the U.S.? The
>profit rate wouldn't have risen from 1982 to 1997, for sure.

 From the point of view of the working class. I don't expect to be able to 
persuade any capitalist that an organized left is a good idea.

Also, let's point out again that the military uses at least 1/3 of the oil 
and that most of our oil comes from Venezuela. Dominance over the Middle 
East has less to do with our domestic need for oil than it does with our 
position as empire.

Joanna Bujes