[lbo-talk] Achcar's latest

Eric Beck ersatzdog at gmail.com
Fri Mar 25 09:37:16 PDT 2011


On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Mar 25, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Marv Gandall wrote:
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>> Of course I agree with the thrust of your analysis, but am less certain that the aim is partition.
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> Do the intervening parties have any idea what they're doing?

Exactly. This whole thing is such a hastily conceived and executed clusterfuck, I can't see any coherent plan being carried out here. No doubt each participant has some motivation and interest, but to think these elements add up to an "imperialist agenda" is folly. Partition is as silly of a reason as oil.


>There's always this tendency that the bourgeoisie has a huge file drawer full
>of plans, but the Western powers are divided against each other - and the
>USG is divided against itself.

No, everything must have significance and a singular cause. There's no room for ambiguity or non-sense at times like these.



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