Re: [A-List] A Chinese Marxism view: Problems ofint'l.strategyfortoday's China

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PS. Or the Cuban deployment of troops to fight the South Africans in
defense of a socialist soutethern Africa in which they won an overwhelming
victory. Is that an example of Cuban imperialism?

Chris

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> I dont see how a reply to a request by the Afghans to the USSR to help
> support their regime in the face of an assault by the US proxies can be
> construed as "imperialism." The evidence is clear the Afghan war drained
> the USSR and it did not benefit one whit from that war. Are you saying
> that any time a socialist country comes to aid of another and sends troops
> there that it is engaging in imperialism? Then what was the Chinese war
> agaisnt Vietnam in the mid 70's all about?
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> Chris
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>> What was the "imperialism" involved in Afghanistan?
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>> The Soviets neither exploited nor plundered resources. Nor did they
>> attempt
>> to control the government.
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>> On the other hand, take a look at what the United States is after there!
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>>>From: "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Reply-To: The A-List <a-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: The A-List <a-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Subject: Re: [A-List] A Chinese Marxism view: Problems
>>>ofint'l.	strategyfortoday's China
>>>Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:11:14 -0500
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>>>Charles Brown wrote:
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>>>>Henry:
>>>>The US was also less exploitative during the Cold War with its allies.
>>>>
>>>>^^^^
>>>>CB: Well, yes, they were in a creative _destructive_ phase in their
>>>>relationship to their colonies.
>>>>
>>>>Soviets didn't seem to have to carry out big imperialist wars as the
>>>> U.S.
>>>>did. This is an indirect indicator of less exploitation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Yes, Charles.  That is because the Soviet imperilaist phase started late
>>>and came into full bloom in Afghanistan, which eventually brought down
>>> the
>>>USSR.
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>>>
>>>Henry
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