But you're right. It is, as usual, a "killer assessment of the situation" by T. Ali.
MG
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwayne Monroe" <idoru345 at yahoo.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:11 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] Tariq on my show last night
> Doug (quoting Tariq Aziz):
>
>
> A defeat for Bush would create a different atmosphere
> in American political culture, to show it can be done.
> It will make people much more critical. The honeymoon
> period with Kerry would be much shorter than with
> Clinton. Whatever Kerry says, most people who vote for
> him, will do so because they don't like what Bush has
> done in Iraq, they don't like the way the
> economy's being handled, they don't like the way the
> environment is being dealt with. When Kerry is in
> power, if he carries on in the same way, it would be
> much easier to build a bigger movement against him.
>
> ==============================
>
>
> This is a killer assessment of the situation. I'm
> truly feeling Mr. Aziz's point of view here.
>
> Bush must be defeated, not because Kerry will solve
> all (or any) problems, as some have said the so-called
> ABB-ers believe, but because failing to remove Bush
> from office will be a signal to the nation and the
> world that Americans, by and large, co-sign the Bush
> agenda.
>
> And while some might say this would be a positive
> thing, since it might break the spell-of-America's
> hold over the minds of the global multitude who
> believe the nation is, at heart, well-intentioned, I
> think it would be a disaster that would surely lead to
> unlooked for bad outcomes - big and small.
>
> The imperial right would be emboldened to continue
> Project Smash-it-up (producing more misery and death)
> and the left - from the flag saluting, "reporting for
> duty", Dems to the Kill the State fire-walkers would
> lose a whole lot of energy and descend into even more
> light absorbing internal squabbles and debates about
> purity.
>
>
> By 2008 we'd all be living in the first chapter of
> Bruce Sterling novel - nervous, drugged to ease the
> pain, staring at a monitor and wondering what the hell
> went wrong.
>
>
> Yeah, the mighty Mr. Aziz is right: it's more
> important than important that Bush go.
>
> Just to show it can be done.
>
>
>
> .d.
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