{"id":23,"date":"2005-07-19T11:52:34","date_gmt":"2005-07-19T15:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/marxisminternational\/2005\/07\/19\/stirrin-it-up\/"},"modified":"2005-07-19T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2005-07-19T15:52:34","slug":"stirrin-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/marxisminternational\/2005\/07\/19\/stirrin-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Stirrin’ it up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tom “The Trog” Trancedo’s remarks about “bombing Mecca”<\/A> in response to any further explosions ostensibly authored by the followers of Muhammed have precipitated howls of disapproval<\/A> in the press and even in the halls of the U.S Congress where Mr Trancedo currently sits as a (Republican) congressman from Colorado.   Of course, everyone know’s he’s just kidding.   Civilized people, and especially civilized Republicans, would never <\/EM>bomb a holy site.   Or civilians.<\/FONT><\/P>
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If you believe that, then you’re bound to believe that poor Mr Mammohan Singh, probably soon to become the ex-<\/EM>prime minister of India, made a friend for life when he lined up behind<\/A> George Bush’s bomb-happy War on Terror.   True, India did get some too-little-too-late assistance<\/A> on developing its civilian<\/EM> nuclear program, and in all probability will receive some aid in preserving the habitat of the Bengal tiger, but poor Mr Singh came up empty on the really big-ticket items like a permanent seat on the expanded UN security council.<\/FONT><\/P>
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Of course, Indians don’t have the same thing about saving face that, say, the Chinese do, so he may return to Delhi in one piece and even<\/EM> keep his job for another few months.  Mammohn’s not a bad guy, he just doesn’t have a very strong hand to play.  And besides, he’s not the real political power in India, anyway.  Sonia Gandhi<\/A> is, and she ain’t talking.<\/FONT><\/P>
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Unlike the North Koreans<\/A>.   They’re talking plenty.  Voice of America<\/A> is reporting that they’re returning to the six-party talks, but I think the sense is that the US is about ready to cave and hold direct talks with Pyongang.  I mean, even the New York Times<\/EM> is calling for such a step to allay worries about nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsular (of which the United States by far possesses the greatest number).   America may be ready to consider bombing Mecca, but it ain’t about to tangle with North Korea (and China).   Especially not now.<\/FONT><\/P>
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Now that things are going badly in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Oh, sure, the US will prevail militarily at some point.   Its foe is opportunist and medieval.  No one in their right mind wants to live under a fundamentalist regime of any<\/EM> stripe, be it Muslim, Christian, Hindu or Jew.  My guess is we’ll end up winning by buying off<\/EM> the opposition.  After all, they just want to be in charge, or to be better paid for supporting whoever is.   <\/FONT><\/P>
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We could have continued to buy off Saddam, too, but the Israelis wouldn’t hear of it.   So, now he’s gone and the zionists are contemplating a Palestinian-free Jerusalem, and much else.   Now we get to the crux of the “terrorism” issue.   This Israeli thing cannot continue indefinitely.  Yes, the Palestinian does evil things.   The Jew does evil things.   The Palestinian cannot afford to be less evil than the Jew, as it is the latter who sits atop the Palestinian’s stolen land. What will happen in the end, I believe, after thousands more on both sides are dead, is one entity<\/EM>, for both.  Palestinian and Jew living side by side in peace, security and self-determination.  At last.<\/FONT><\/P>
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Of course, this will please neitherTom Tancredo, nor many others.  But, it is the one viable solution to a problem made far worse by religious bigotry and the mischievously lethal fetus of fascism which awaits in the womb of every capitalist society.<\/FONT><\/P>
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At least it’s better than bombing Mecca.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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