Re: [Marxism] Chechnya: what Proyect wrote back 1999...

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Quarter wrote:
>  Again, you didn't really address the issue of U.S. involvement in
> the Caucasus. Just more of the usual demagoguery.

Yes, that Lenin stuff was highly demagogic, I have to admit. Finding a
quote that demonstrated his commitment to the right of the Soviet
republics in the Caucuses to secede unconditionally was a cheap
debater's trick I sprang on you.

> It's also interesting that you ignored the point in my post about
> Tibet and religion (which you also clipped from your reponse).

I am not sure that it is worth my time to dig into the whole question of
Tibet. I will say this, however. You seem to be under the impression
that I view China as a socialist country. You evidently didn't read my
post on the Hart-Landsberg/Burkett MR article. It might be interesting
to review the Chinese policy on Tibet during the Mao era, but I have
more pressing tasks in front of me. If you think that what Mao or Mao
did not do justifies the killing of up to one out of ten Chechens, then
be my guest. It wouldn't surprise me, seeing the political trajectory of
fellow conspiracist Jared Israel. It is certainly not recognizable as
Marxism.

>  It certaintly demonstrates the contradiction of your position on  "oppressed 
> minorities",
> so maybe that explains why.

I don't have my own position on oppressed nationalities. What I have I
stole from Lenin. I don't know exactly how to put this, but I find Lenin
more useful than Rick Rozoff, Jim Yarker or Jared Israel. Also, try to
use your delete key next time when you respond to a lengthy post of mine
or when you are posting some X-Files type speculation from an outfit
like RosBusinessConsulting that is already on the Internet. It is on the
righthand side of your keyboard. We are trying to preserve bandwidth here.

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