RE: [A-List] Kurds

["Craven, Jim" <jcraven@xxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Henry C.K. Liu [mailto:hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 11:44 AM
To: a-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [A-List] Kurds


The Kurd leader just announced on CNN that the Kurds will remain part of
"democratic" Iraq and they want only "semi-autonomy".

So much for the Western Left's support for Kurdish independence as a
pretext in their giving help to imperialist invaders.

The Western Left is not only powerless, they repeatedly allow themselves
to play into the hand of imperialism.

It you support democracy, you support capitalism.  It's that simple.

Henry C.K. Liu


Response (Jim C): I agree. What do you say about the right of the Blackfoot
Nation to form and constitute an independent nation state--from an existing
nation under international law (covering territories on both sides of the
US-Canadian border--that is Traditional and decidedly non/anti-capitalist
and has no ties whatsoever with--but rather is under seige from--the U.S.
and Canadian governments?

We are in no way in a situation analogous to the Kurds. We are not
supporting any enemies of our enemies as "friends".