[lbo-talk] Hegemony or Survival (was it's ok to kill an unmarried couple walking together)

[Jerry Monaco]

On 4/22/07, Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/21/07, Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Wonder if Yoshie would front for the Khmer Rouge, circa 1975. "Pol Pot,
> my
> > Khmer cutie."
>
> Pol Pot is a good reminder.
>
> Even the worst that the Iranian government has ever done never quite
> measures up to not only what Washington has done but also the worst
> crimes committed in the name of socialism.  Perhaps Muslims in Iran
> have a point when they prefer Islam to both capitalism and socialism,
> considering that neither Moscow nor Beijing nor Washington -- the
> latter two of which in fact supported Pol Pot* -- can claim to be
> better than Tehran.
>

Bravo!