From: Paul Bullock (paulbullock@EBMS-LTD.CO.UK)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 16:47:50 EDT
Jerry, what BushBlair 'think/decide' will be a function of their role, as leaders of imperialist states, what they 'believe' is pretty much secondary.. eg it might be remembered that when Stalin and Roosevelt met at Yalta, S asked R whether the US position would change if he was no longer President ( the illness issue).. to which R replied , roughly,... that S shouldn't worry (sic!), anyone in my role will do exactly the same. Cheers paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gerald_a_levy" <gerald_a_levy@MSN.COM> To: <OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 6:53 AM Subject: (OPE-L) Re: Consequences of the War against Iraq > Re Rakesh's post today: > > > On the question of Israeli or Zionist hegemony, there is much discussion > > of anti-Jewish demonology in the Arab world--for example, the > > circulation of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the conspiracy > > theory that Ariel Sharon dictates US foreign policy and the myth that > > the State of Israel warned Jews to stay clear of the 9/11 attacks which > > Mossad orchestrated. This is all indeed laughable and indeed pernicious. > > This has made it way into the mainstream media in the Middle East: > at the "Al Jazerrah" website ( http://www.aljazeerah.us ) if you scroll down > to the bottom of the page you will see "The Knighthood and the > PROTOCOLS." If you click on this, you will read about an Egyptian > TV series "A Knight Without a Horse" which included elements of the > infamous "Protocols" (indeed, there is a summary of every episode in > the series and a link to the "Protocols"). I think this reflects the > increased acceptance of right-wing fundamentalist revisionist 'history' > and the lack of a credible left alternative mass movement. > > > What is no less so are the political myths by which the Western > > political ruling class is gripped. Bush and Blair truly seem to believe > > and to have convinced many others that their war was only against > > Saddam, not the Iraqi people whose interests Bush and Blair seem truly > > to believe are consonant with their own. Bush and Blair also seem to > > believe that widespread anti Americanism has only been whipped up by > > those rogues and demagogues from whom they will liberate the eventually > > thankful masses--both Arab and Venezuelan. > > It's unclear to me whether what Bush and Blair "seem to believe" is what > they actually believe. It could be that they believe in their own > propaganda or it could be that they understand that it is disingenuous and > apologetic. There's no way to know unless we were the proverbial fly on the > wall (or if we listened to another 'White house tape' that recorded their > meetings). If they do believe their own propaganda then they are more > dangerous and more disconnected from reality. If that is the case then > the recent 'success' in Iraq would encourage them to generalize the > experience by assaulting and invading other countries. > > In solidarity, Jerry >
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