[Marxism] blaming imperialism on Rumsfeld

["ameritech acoount" <stansmith44@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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  a.. Re: the below. You, Steve, you and your friends, have a different problem 
from the one you list.
You cannot distinguish between those leftists who think US imperialist policy 
is an accident and those leftists who think US 
imperialist pollcy reflects the needs of the rulers. You and your friends also 
cannot distinguish between whispering your opposition to the war and organizing 
against the war.
    You and your friends have another problem too, being you actually think 
there is a class difference between a "leftist" and a those in the "workers 
movement".
Stan Smith

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Numerous liberals and leftists have theorized that US imperialist policy 
under Bush, Rumsfeld, etc. has been an accident.  Individual bunglers with 
personal vendettas, rude manners and a taste for war have taken over the 
Defense Department and created a whole host of problems "we" wouldn't have 
had others been at the helm.  On the other hand, others in the workers 
movement, including myself, argue that the imperialist policies of Bush are 
not a result of accident, but rather of necessity, reflecting short and 
long term material and political needs of the US ruling class.

The op-ed article in today's NY Times by Maureen Dowd printed below is an 
example of the theory that Bush and Rumsfeld imperialist policies are 
unfortunate accidents.  Note the illusions in imperialism and wishful 
thinking that this satirical article reveals, subtitled by the editors 
"What the world would have been like if Donald Rumsfeld had never been born."

- Steve Gabosch


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