Re: Economic revolutions/tortured election results

[JKSCHW@xxxxxxx]

I think Charles is a bit fuzzy about whom the Mafia candidate in Serbia was. We will see about the new guys. But we _know_ about Slobo, a thug and murderer. --jks

In a message dated Fri, 6 Oct 2000  3:10:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

<< In support of Lou's argument, and again analogizing to Nicaragua, where U.S. imperialist mass murder and terror was also visited on the population, the Yugoslavian people's vote was , by this U.S. mass terror,  under extreme duress.  Probably for many Yugoslavs the main issue was not to get bombed again, as many Nicaraguans wanted to get rid of the U.S. sponsored terrorist contras. So, in both cases , many voted for U.S. candidates over annihilation, a true lesser of two evils ( U.S. candidates vs U.S. bombs/murderers). In other words, some voted not so much anti-Slobo or anti-Sandanista , but were crying Uncle ( Sam).

This dynamic of coercion by mass murder is general to post-WWII U.S. imperial success against socialism and national liberations.  Many peoples hailed the incredibly heroic sacrifice of the Viet Namese or Koreans for freedom , for example.  But many peoples also think twice about making the same sacrifices.

The Yugoslav election result is something like the Mafia candidate winning in a Teamster election. Clinton made the Yugoslavs an offer they couldn't refuse.

CB


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The revolt against Milosevic was the culmination of ten years of
subversion, both political and economic, that included the following elements:

1. CIA and George Soros (same thing basically) sponsorship of NGO's, B92, etc.
2. Economic sanctions
3. Nato inspired wars or direct military intervention
4. Failure of the western left to show solidarity to a country under siege,
because the powers organizing the siege were perceived as "one of us", like
the German Greens, Blair's Labor Party or the Clinton White House.
5. Failure of the former Soviet Union to show even a modicum of solidarity,
even on the "Slavic" basis put forward by the boneheads at stratfor.com.

That's it folks. Those who embrace the downfall of Milosevic are embracing
counter-revolution.

Louis Proyect
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