[lbo-talk] Iraq, the left and the 'resistance' (Geras blog)

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Tue Feb 10 16:11:40 PST 2004



>>Do you think that it's the job of US activists to choose which
>>Iraqi political actor should govern Iraq after the occupation?
>
>No, it's the job of Iraqis. But if most Iraqis are scared to death
>of the people in the resistance taking power, shouldn't that
>dissuade us from supporting it?
>
>Seth

If most Iraqis are scared to death of resistance fighters taking power, they will have to get organized so they can bid for power themselves or at least try to protect themselves, come what may. If fortune favors them, they may end up with a scenario that Alexandre sketched: <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20040209/002847.html>. -- Yoshie

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