<HTML>Gee,  I leave the list for a few months and Michael Pugliese is sending us reports from a Stalinist party, Dennis seemingly signs on for those Reds leading an armed struggle for national liberation, Max dreams of a social-democratic coalition led by Bolsheviks like in 1917.   Maybe I should just leave them alone , like Little Bopeep. CB P.S. Don't you think that Saddam favors Stalin in looks, (etc. ! )  ? Maybe the battle of Bagdad could be like the Battle of Stalingrad. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> From: "Max B. Sawicky" <sawicky@bellatlantic.net> This presumes what I call the Swedish superpower option -- the scenario, not to say fantasy, of a united social-democratic coalition that could stand half a chance of being called an army of liberation.  Interesting to think about. mbs > Today, Iraqi Communists, and most Iraqi leftists, firmly oppose the Bush > administrationâ€™s war plans â€” but not necessarily war itself. Unlike many of > their American counterparts, Iraqi leftists offer a policy alternative > other than a vague call for â€œpeace.â€ Instead of a unilateral U.S. invasion, > Iraqi leftists want the international community to back an Iraqi-led > military uprising against Saddam. Short of that, Iraqi leftists would most > likely support a multilateral military intervention that would not only > overthrow Saddam but also hand him over to an international tribunal that > would try him on charges of crimes against humanity. Do any of the non-Iraqi leftists here disagree with any or all of the above? DP </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>