Imperialists and generals

[Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky <nestor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

List,

This is an exclusive news release. Not exactly news,
perhaps, but a revelation anyway.

As  you already know, I hold that at least since the early
1980s the imperialists began to move away from support to
military dictatorships in the Third World. In my opinion,
the events leading to the Malvinas battles and its ensuing
angst were among the most important ones in deciding this
new course, which, eventually, seems to have gained
momentum after the f-SU dissolved into chaos.

Last Saturday I had a confirmation, from a direct source.

Jorge "Coco" Beinstein is one of the most interesting
economists in Argentina (remember, Julio?).  His political
origins lay in the Izquierda Nacional of the early 60s, in
fact he was one of the founders of the Juventud
Universitaria de Izquierda Nacional (JUIN) in 1963.  Later
on, he cut his contacts with us, though remained nearby.
The construction of a socialist party and revolution were
too much for him, but on any other area Coco was a very
interesting guy.

In 1973 he was in prison, and was set free on May 24th,
when the new Peronist government began.  He entered the
government through the offices of one of the great
Argentinian structuralist economists, Julio Olivero, and
in 1976 he had to flee to France. With a letter from
Olivero he could attend courses there, and met
many members of the Parti Socialiste. One of
them was Lionel Jospin.

Well, Saturday last we held with him the second part of a
very interesting seminar on the current situation and the
impending crisis.  When the situation came to deal with the
foreign debt, and some of us made the point that in 1982
Argentina might have used the  "Debt Bomb" with terrible
effects, he nodded. And he added:

"Yes, I remember Jospin in those times. He kept repeating
'It is high time now to get rid of these Argentinian generals, and
rely on Argentinian civilian politicians'"

So that here you have it, straight from the horse's mouth:
the policies of doing away with "strong" regimes in the Third
World began early in the 80s. It is hard to imagine that
Jospin would be the only one to sustain those positions.

This is the way a serious imperialist thinks. The anecdote
is revealing, because it allows us to cast a glance at the
inner working of the think tanks.

Nestor.