Re: Justice and taking sides

["Juan R. Fajardo" <fajardos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Russell wrote:
> When an imperialist
> country like Britain is at war with a small country like Iraq or Argentina,
> his duty in Britain should be to take sides with that country.

Russell, I think that to be accurate this should read:
"When an imperialist country like Britain is at war with a country like
Iraq or Argentina ..."

Neither Argetina nor Iraq is a small country, certainly not in
comparison to the Bristish Isles.  The reason that such countries get
pushed around is not size but economics and politics.  Israel is smaller
than any of the three countries mentioned but it does not get messed
with like that because it has very big backup, similarly China got
pushed around in days past by much smaller Britain because its leaders
ahd not the political will nor economic incentive to unite against the
agressors instead of cutting favorable individual deals with them.  You
ask a comprador economy to stand up to imperialism, ...well, -never mind
all that, just ask it to give the IMF a dirty look- and you won't get
very far.  To use a phrase usually heard in other contexts, it's not
size that counts, but what you do with what you've got.

_ Juan