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There is often a tendency on this list to view unfolding events in MENA through the prism of personal dislike for dictatorships.. I must guess it is related to the so-called liberal tradition of the West Europeans and Americans, where there is such a thing called liberty, almost the liberty fetish.. the very question of what liberty actually means can be debated to no end.. what liberty means for an American at a certain epoch in time need not be the same in another.. so this agenda of liberty is often seen here to intermingle with the actual existing situation at a given time in a given country.. if you bring in your foreign military into a country and murder the hated dictator, are you bringing liberty to the people ? what about the numerous interconnections and realities on the ground, and the unforeseen and often tragic consequences of your "well-intentioned action" of bringing to fruition your own fetish of imposing your self-imagined ideal of liberty on another country ? ----- Original Message ---- From: Gary MacLennan <gary.maclenn...@gmail.com> To: rajeshcher...@yahoo.co.in Sent: Thu, 31 March, 2011 10:13:48 AM Subject: Re: [Marxism] Millions of Syrians Rally for Syria and Bashar ====================================================================== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. ====================================================================== I despise the Assad regime in the same way I despise all dictatorships. There is no special animus towards the Assad clan. I do not like any dictators. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
