tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post4234430945520294796..comments2024-03-12T17:52:01.234-07:00Comments on Linux Beach: Robert F. Kennedy's Jr. Andromeda StrainLinux Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359697432337570913noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-67062068112409149502016-05-06T09:04:43.740-07:002016-05-06T09:04:43.740-07:00Yes, so many of the self-styled anti-imperialists ...Yes, so many of the self-styled anti-imperialists preach an ideology that places Western preoccupations, interests and ideologies, including first and foremost their own far above those of the 'natives' in any non-Western country. <br /><br />Do they consult Syrians about Syria? Of course not. Syrians are not Westerners, or even honorary members of the Western Left, and therefore cannot be regarded as participants in the debate about Syria. <br /><br />This is of course the purest kind of unreconstructed imperialist discourse and dogma. The natives cannot stage their own revolution, they are too stupid, apathetic, incompetent or savage to engage in any such activity without outside orchestration. Indeed without foreign prompting they cannot even formulate the desire for a revolution. There is no way in which mere Syrians can be accepted as members of the community of discourse of civilized (Western) people. Their protests, demands and arguments must be ignored as little more than the incohate braying of wild beasts. <br /><br />Compare the way in which the pro-revolutionary Syrians are simply ignored (treated as not existing) with the discourse directed against Western capitalist opponents. Here, whatever the vitriol flung at them, the capitalists are treated as members of the privileged Western community to be confronted and argued against. <br /><br /><br />It is not surprising that the anti-imperialist Left is so blind to the imperialism embedded in its own thinking. It was born in an age of imperialism and so was bound to carry within it much imperialist thought, but being anti-imperialist it would never suspect itself of harbouring and preserving such ideological tendencies, and would therefore remain blind to the imperialism within its own discourse. Nick the Robothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079994868872612140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-54104317073195866042016-05-02T14:10:44.529-07:002016-05-02T14:10:44.529-07:00Nobody said anything about US troops being welcome...Nobody said anything about US troops being welcome but do they need to have anything that is bombing civilian targets wiped from the skies or be allowed to get the weapons they need to do it themselves? Yes!<br /><br />You, meaning all the so-called anti-imperialists, are so willing to sell endorsement labels so cheap when you don't even own the product. Usually a capitalist has to pay for the better part of a building or project to get his name on it. But you guys will sell the "US backed" label to somebody else's rebellion for a few million dollars and a handful of bullets. What a give away - to both Assad and Obama! And again, nobody is asking for US troops to defend civilians on the ground. We know that is not what they do so their parents should have no worries on that account.Linux Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359697432337570913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-83573170292285202092016-05-02T04:01:11.171-07:002016-05-02T04:01:11.171-07:00The whole tone of the piece reminds me of the neoc...The whole tone of the piece reminds me of the neoconservative narrative that US troops will be welcomed as liberators in Iraq. That some US backed rebels organized demonstrations calling for US intervention offers no assurances to the parents of US troops who will surely become targets of IED attacks by some of the allies of the very same rebels. The piece is a pretentious as the one it criticizes. Jack Kalpakianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198615696974249807noreply@blogger.com