[lbo-talk] RE: Out of Iraq (Lombardi, previous Out of Iraq)

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Wed Oct 6 06:13:49 PDT 2004


John Bizwas wrote:


> For the US nationalists (including quite a few 'leftists'), a
> brink draws into view, as they are forced to contemplate the
> unthinkable: A few thousand rag-tag Iraqi Arab insurgents stood >up to the Americans when all the world scurried to do the US's
> bidding.

Surely it's an exaggeration to say that,"all the world scurried to do the US's bidding." Indian Parliament passed a resolution criticizing the US assault on Iraq. The resolution was passed _unanimously_.


>The Iraqi insurgency saved the world from American
> hegemony,

Has the Iraqi insurgency really destroyed the US hegemony? Is that hegemony so brittle that "a few thousand rag-tag Iraqi Arab insuregent" could overthrow it and save the world?

Ulhas



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