[lbo-talk] Who Cares?

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of- 
> Mon-20051212/027125.html
> This morning walking to the bus, I see stenciled in the sidewalk,
> "Kill Every Minority in America."
> This evening after riding back on the bus, from a CSR temp. gig at  
> Visa an hr. away, I see this post from Chris.
> Denial of the mass murder of 5.1 million Jews in the Shoah by the  
> religious nut, populist demogogue who probably hallucinates the  
> Mahdi returning in a mushroom cloud,  that Yoshie is enamored with  
> the, "haunting eyes."
> 'Ya who the fuck cares.
> --
> Michael Pugliese

Well, the president of Iran is dumber than I thought.  In a different  
time, a Holocaust denial like this (at <http://www.voanews.com/ 
uspolicy/2005-12-13-voa5.cfm>) can get Iranians into deep trouble,  
but luckily oil is probably too scarce today to sanction Iran, and  
Washington can't really afford another war.

<blockquote>The following statistics will help explain the difficulty  
in imposing economic sanctions on Iran: In the beginning of 2006 the  
total trade between it and China will reach some $8 billion, and by  
the end of 2006 it will rise to $10 billion; the gas pipeline between  
Iran and India will cost some $10 billion, and is meant to provide a  
significant portion of India's gas needs; and Russia is set to sign  
an agreement to sell Iran $1 billion in weapons.

Iran, which is becoming transformed by world oil prices into an ever  
wealthier state and one that can pay for its deals primarily in cash,  
is economically prosperous. It appears that its leadership thinks its  
in such a good position that it can reject a Russian compromise  
proposal on the nuclear issue, and that it can depend on China to  
veto any sanction the United Nations may decide to impose.

<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/657021.html></blockquote>

Yoshie Furuhashi
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