Anti-Imperialism 101 Re: Hitchens quits Nation

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>But the point is that the cause of the Irish was itself just-- the cause of
>Milosevic and Saddam is not and even against the interests of their own
>people.  Ireland was a colonial struggle where Britian controlled the local
>state apparatus.  In the case of Milosevic and Saddam, it is these local
>thugs who control the state apparatus.  A very different situation.
>
>-- Nathan

Whether the US military is a kinder master of the Iraqi people than 
Saddam Hussein is not the point.  Anti-imperialism is *not charity*, 
adopted or not adopted depending on whether denizens of the imperial 
center think it's good for Iraq or whatever.  US leftists should 
oppose US imperialism because it is against the interest of workers 
in the USA.
-- 
Yoshie

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