[lbo-talk] South Ossetia

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sat Aug 9 10:45:44 PDT 2008


Eric wrote:
>
> >President Bush discussed the hostilities with Mr. Putin yesterday in
> >Beijing, where they are attending the Olympics. The prime minister needs to
> >hear that using Ossetia as a pretext for imperialism will have consequences
> >for Russia's relationship with the West
>
> Should we take a mailing-list pool about when Yoshie resubs to tell
> us that it our duty as leftists to support Russia and the dreamy
> Putin in their heroic fight against U.S. imperialism disguised as
> Saakashvili? Or will Lenin beat her to the punch?

I often enjoy and/or learn from Eric's posts, but tis is banally contemptible.

Carrol



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