China again (was: Re: Note to the "ladder of force left")

Chris Kromm ckromm at mindspring.com
Fri Oct 19 07:22:49 PDT 2001


Ah, so invading places that are "feudal theocracies" is ok? U.S. government, start your engines! CK

Dennis said:
>I mean, didn't the Chinese invade Tibet in
>order to overthrow what they saw as a theocracy?

Lou said: No. Although it actually WAS a feudal theocracy, or do you doubt the existence of serfdom in pre-1958 Tibet? But in fact the precipitating incident was the opening of hostilities by a CIA-trained military force. If you believe it is consistent with your anarchist principles to support a CIA-trained military force and/or theocratic feudalism against a socialist government, that is also your affair.



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