The Left and 9/11

[Dennis Perrin]

> The opinion emanating from many list members seems to be, "Afghanistan
> is better off now after US intervention."
>
> I'm sorry but I cannot bring myself to believe such a statement.
>
> Inherent in such a statement is a chauvinism based on an innate (white)
> racial and "western" superiority complex, one that drives even those
> on the "left" to let the word "civilizing" slip out of their mouths to
> speak about what the US did in Afghanistan.
>
> I'm sorry, but I cannot believe this overtly racist, genocidal,
colonialist,
> imperialistic state can do anything good by intervening in a poorer and
> underdeveloped country.  I don't know, maybe it's just me.


> Marc Rodrigues

Yeah, probably is.

Went to your web site to see what's on offer, but the fucking thing froze my
computer. So I'll ask here: What's your ideological angle? I saw something
about Cuba on your site. Is it simply pro-Castro or perhaps something
original and interesting?

DP