Terror Inc.

[Dennis Perrin]

> no one is suggesting going to war against germany and japan was
unjusified.
> obviously the situation wasn't or isn't black and white. the analogy of
9/11
> or ahghanistan with WWII is completely idiotic. the taliban was never a
global
> threat...not a (competing) imperialist power......they didn't go rampaging
threatening
> to colonize all of europe. hell the taliban couldn't even go rampaging
across their
> own demolished country. obviously a policing, international law action
would
> not have worked in WWII. if your attempt is to present arguments or
justifications
> for going to war you aren't doing a very good job of it. infact if
anything you are
> presenting good arguments against the war in afghanistan.
>
> ~M.E.

My point was not that this is the same situation as 1941 (or even 1939), but
that an imperial US state can pick the right fight, even for selfish
reasons. I was responding to Yoshie's suggestion that nothing the US state
does is good or can be good, therefore it is "fantasy" to try to appeal to
it, reform it or change it. The classic Leninist line. If Yoshie's right,
then there's no point to politics, only leftwing revolution, or, failing
that, emigration to a better country.

No, al-Qaeda is not Nazi Germany, but it's not Al Capone either, as someone
else suggested. It is backed by the Saudis and parts of the Pakistani ISI
and operates in different countries. Different, yes, but still dangerous,
and worth fighting.

DP