correct me if I'm wrong...

[joanna bujes]

At 03:38 PM 09/18/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Kelley, I think you are giving a more optimistic interpretation of my
>post than I intended.  I wrote: "A protracted large-scale war of the
>kind that appears to be in the works, with ground troops and all, has
>a potential to destabilize many regimes, unlike a brief
>cruise-missile strike from afar.  It's a danger, but also an
>opportunity, for anyone who seeks to bring about radical social
>change, be it for the left or the right."  Now, look at current
>conditions objectively; which side is better organized -- leftists or
>rightists, here or in the Middle East?

One thought I can't brush away is this: if this is blowback, one of the 
fronts it's blowing back from is U.S. cold war strategy ...which resulted 
in the elimination of the left or of an organized left in the middle east 
(and other parts of the world) and in the strengthening (for lack of an 
alternative) of the fundamentalist religious right. The other front it's 
blowing back from is the world-wide economic devastation resulting from 
IMF/WorldBank/globalization policies.

I have not heard this said yet, but perhaps it behooves us to point this 
out in words and publicly...

If I am wrong--since my knowledge of history is sometimes more 
impressionistic than scholarly--I expect one or more of you will let me know.

Joanna Bujes