Aggression, fascism, strategy and logic - discussion from previous LS site. Why, and when, should we support the US overthrow of fascist regimes?
Building Democracy in Iraq - There is a lot of good, interesting analysis going on here. Site members are really tring to stretch themselves far beyond 'gotcha!' debating points, to work out what to do now in Iraq.
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There is a lot of good, interesting analysis going on here. Site members are really tring to stretch themselves far beyond 'gotcha!' debating points, to work out what to do now in Iraq.
This thread was spun off the Maoism, Stalinism and Anti-Communism thread. It starts with owenss stating that US troops should leave iraq because they are not up to the job of promoting democracy, and youngmarxist's rebuttal of that point.
Arthur Dent follows up by saying that owenss view is reactionary, that what owenss wants will lead at best to a religious dictatorship over most of the current Iraq.
owenss' reply says that militias are the main problem in Iraq, and also mentions Congressman Murtha's switch from supporting the war to speaking out against it. Youngmarxist responds to both points
owenss response to that recommends an article from the Atlantic Monthly in support of the original opinion.
Keza reads the article, disagrees with it, and says it appears to deliberately try to tell a very gloomy story. Asks owenss for analysis of Iraq, rather than disjointed criticism.
The exchange continues, and keza posts some useful links. patrickm takes up owenss point about the militias - patrickm points out that militias were always going to arise after the destruction of Sadaam's dictatorship.
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