[lbo-talk] Ace nails it

[Sheldon]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> I meant (but forgot) to post a reply to Carrol suggesting that we consider
> "imperial justice" as a separate category. It would be difficult to find a
> better example of this than the Spanish crown's prosecution of a former
> Chilean head of state. The reverse is rather less likely, I think - or
> perhaps I should say it would be more likely to result in a retaliatory
> bombing campaign and/or ground invasion.

Joseph,
Wait a minute here.  Are you actually saying that Spain's efforts to
put on trial Pinochet is an example of "imperial justice" and should
be condemned as such?

Never mind that Spain had losts its power over its American colonies
175 or so years ago.  That they were putting on trial an agent of U.S.
imperialism, a head of state who gained that status by overthrowing an
elected socialist president and murdered thousands of socialists,
leftists, workers, and peasants so as to implement neoliberal economic
policies?

Are you condemning that as "imperial justice", or am I misuderstanding?

And socialismorbarism said:
"I missed that
> Spanish-Chilean war."

And he/she has is point.  The "Spain" of 21st century cannot be
considered the "Spain" of 1492-1900.

Sheldon