[lbo-talk] Achcar's latest

[Gar Lipow]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:25 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? 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.
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This what I'm afraid of. My feeling is that the aim is a quick victory
for the rebels. If that is achieved it really would be better than
letting Gaddaffi slaughter the rebels. I can think of other results
that is true of too. But if the intervening powers don't succeed in
their first aim, I'm afraid they don't really have a backup plan, and
then will turn to the usual defaults and will end up over the course
of a few years killing more than Gaddaffi would have. Maybe I'm
overestimating the risk of this. Juan Cole seems to dismiss it.
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