If we had power, we should do for populist Islamists what we should do for socialists, secular nationalists, etc., since US strategy and tactics toward them are the same: normalize US relations with them, rather than allow Washington to embargo their countries (Cuba), to put formal or informal international sanctions on their countries (Iran, North Korea, Palestine, etc.), to wage proxy wars on their countries (Somalia), to invade and occupy their countries (Afghanistan, Iraq), to provide support for the pro-Washington faction in their countries (Lebanon, Venezuela, and just about anywhere). Needless to say, US leftists are today powerless to do any of the above.
Even as it is now, though, it's in our power to refrain from spreading disinformation or hyperbole: e.g., the Cuban government massacred homosexuals. The least we can do is to do no harm. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>