On 11/16/06, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Marvin wrote:
>That's the basis for a potential political settlement. The US is looking to
>Iran (and Syria) for assurances they can head off a civil war between the
>Sunnis and the Shias and that a Shia-dominated Iraq will be unaligned and
>still willing to do business with the US after the occupation - in effect, a
>"Northern Ireland" solution. The Iranians (and Syrians) also have an
>interest in avoiding a civil war and the resulting regional turmoil and in
>strengthening their own influence and the resumption of foreign investment
>in their economies.
We should add that James Baker and Robert Gates are old hands at striking
deals with the bazaari bourgeoisie, as obvious from Contragate. I have no
doubt, btw, that Democrats like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton see eye to
eye with them.
In the Contragate, all Tehran had to do was to pay for weapons that it
needed for the Iran-Iraq War. Baker, Gates, et al. are engaged in
wishful thinking if Tehran or Damascus or anyone can do much in Iraq
that is in Washington's interest (supposing that Washington knows what
its best interests in Iraq are, which is far from clear either). Look
at Afghanistan. Washington has enjoyed many nations' cooperation
there, including Iran's, Russia's, and Pakistan's, and yet it is the
Taliban, not Washington, that is gaining ground there.
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Yoshie
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