Re: Re: Michael's Question

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Devine wrote:
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> Of course, even earlier, Guatemala's Arbenz tried to run an open,
> democratic, society while instituting reforms to help the people. It
> provoked US intervention and his overthrow. And as Carrol mentioned, the US
> marines overthrew Bosch's democratic government in the Dominican Republic.
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Oh yes, and I also forgot the way the U.S. overthrew the only Democratic
government Iran ever had (Mossadegh) -- and in addition heaped the most
disgustingly racist mockery on the man.

These states did not fall _because_ they were democratic; they fell
because the U.S. undermined or attacked them. But those who are all hot
for third-world anti-imperialist democracy need to explain how these
states might have survived. It's easy to say, they should arouse the
populace. Gee whiz. They all _did_ arouse the populace. They were all
popular governments. It takes time to turn a populace into an army that
can defend itself -- more time than the US ever has or ever will allow.

Carrol