[lbo-talk] The Idea of the Third World (was Re: Iran and LatinAmerica)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 10/2/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 2, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > The Iranians paid dearly for their independence, and they will not
> > give it up and submit themselves to the domination of the US-led
> > multinational empire easily.
>
> Iran is nothing if not flexible.
>
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> Financial Times - October 1, 2007
>
> Iran 'ready to help' US with Iraq stability
> By Roula Khalaf and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
>
> Iran is ready to help the US stabilise Iraq if Washington were to
> present a timetable for withdrawing its troops from the country,
> Tehran's top security official said yesterday.

Washington doesn't want any "help" of the kind Tehran offers, for its
offer is to help Washington withdraw from Iraq, leaving a government
friendly to Iran there.  That is the last thing Washington wants, in
fact, which is is why it has not and will not take it.  What
Washington wants, instead, is _to ensure that Iraq won't fall into the
hands of Iran after it leaves_ -- hence the reluctance to withdraw any
time soon.
-- 
Yoshie