Re: [Marxism] Iran supports crackdown on Sadrists

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Walter wrote:
>Iran should be supported in its conflicts with imperialism.

Yeah, but the war in Iraq is the main conflict with imperialism 
today. The government of Iraq is in a partnership with the US and 
with the government of Iran, as the photo of Maliki and Ahmadinejad 
walking hand-in-hand would demonstrate. As I tried to point out 
around the time that Walter was flooding the list with newspaper 
articles about Ahmadinejad being the Mideast's Hugo Chavez, Iran's 
foreign policy is contradictory. It is anti-imperialist to the extent 
that it aids Shi'a allies in conflict with Israel. It is 
pro-imperialist when it gave the green light for the US to invade 
Afghanistan. Unless we understand its contradictory character, we 
won't get very far. Maybe Walter was trying to say something like 
this. If so, I would say that this is progress.


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