Re: [Marxism] Iran crackdown

["Eli Stephens" <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was most interested by this comment:

"More than 50 of the country's leading
economists wrote an open letter to Ahmadinejad this week warning that he
is ignoring basic economics and endangering the country's future."

No doubt "50 of the country's leading economists" in Venezuela (the ones who 
work for Western banks) would say the same thing about that country as well. 
I'd love to see an elaboration on that statement as to how exactly they 
thought Iran is "ignoring basic economics."

Elsewhere in the Western assault on Iran front, we find this: "Iran 
divestment bill passes
[California] Assembly sends the Senate a measure with mandates for CalPERS 
and CalSTRS." (http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/207411.html)

The interesting comment in this article was this one:

"Despite opposition from state pension board leaders, the Assembly 
overwhelming passed an Iran divestment measure by El Cajon Republican Joel 
Anderson. With an initial 68-0 vote, Assembly Bill 221 heads to the state 
Senate.

"This is a country looking to pick a war. We can't have our retirement 
(funds) there," Anderson said. "This was a big hurdle we crossed today."

IRAN is a "country looking to pick a war"? Hard to find a better example of 
blaming the victim that that, I'd say.




Eli Stephens
  Left I on the News
  http://lefti.blogspot.com

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