[Marxism] Jose Saramago on Bush, Chavez et al.

["Charlie Parks" <jcparks5550@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<<'I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been,' said the
82-year-old writer, adding that whenever he addresses the subject of
international politics, 'I always ask two questions, and only two: How many
countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many
countries does the United States not have military bases?'

But he asked the journalists in Caracas a third question, to illustrate his
point. 'Can you just imagine what Bush would say if someone like
(Venezuelan) President Hugo Chávez asked him for a little piece of land to
install a military base, even if it was way off in Alaska, and he only
wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?' The question provoked an outburst
of laughter from his audience.>>

full:http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=20&ItemID=6749



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