Re: [Marxism] the low point of the CNN-You Tube debate

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jscotlive@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Once again, I do not support either the US or British troops serving in the  
> Middle East. I support the resistance.  

Would you like a medal?

> At the height of the Vietnam War the left wing of the antiwar movement  
> called explicitly for victory to the NLF. 

You mean the ultraleft wing, don't you?

> The troops then were not supported at  
> home, which undoubtedly contributed to their demoralisation in the field. 
> This  
> pandering to the liberal wing of the antiwar movement today has only ensured 
> the  complete collapse and defeat of the antiwar movement in both the US and 
> UK. 

Actually, antiwar sentiments spread through the ranks after GI's became 
visible and open opponents of the war, including the Fort Jackson Eight. 
There were mass meetings on the base to discuss the war spearheaded by 
SWP members who had been drafted, like Joe Cole. If the meetings had 
been called under the rubric of "GI's, it is time to come together to 
confess our crimes", they would have attracted no support at all.

> As for credentials, check out the following articles recently published by  
> me. I ain't no fool.
>  
> _http://www.scottishleftreview.org/php/upload/slr-115-I38JW.htm_ 
> (http://www.scottishleftreview.org/php/upload/slr-115-I38JW.htm)  
> _http://counterpunch.org/wright07052007.html_ 
> (http://counterpunch.org/wright07052007.html)  

Why don't you come up with a nom de guerre? John Wright was the nom de 
guerre of a respected American Trotskyist. Might I suggest something 
like Blazes Doodlebury?





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