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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:37:42 -0500
From: "George Y. Trail" <gtrail-AT-UH.EDU>
Subject: Re: PLC: Middle East settlement


Georgegeorgegeorge, why don't you take troy boy and go elsewhere to jack
one another off. This are a sufficient number of georges on this list.
"The palestinian masses" is a phrase, I think sufficient to demonstrate
that you are not with your ilk.

Looking forward to hearing nothing further from you, 
g (George) 
  

George Pennefather wrote:
> 
> It is clear that since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the
> Cold War the middle east is currently of no strategic interest to Washington
> and its imperialist subalterns. Consequently Washington is seeking to get
> the
> Middle East as a security problem out of the way by cobbling up a deal
> between Israel and the Palestinian leadership. This is especially true given
> that the Palestinian masses have suffered defeat after defeat with the
> connivance of its leadership. Indeed the Arab masses, as a whole, have
> suffered a string of defeat. Consequently the Arab masses, and the
> Palestinian masses in particular, in their weakened condition are less able
> to resist any settlement of betrayal foisted on them by Washington, its
> imperialist subalterns, and its own leadership.
> 
> The Palestinian masses have been effectively defeated and its reactionary
> leadership is  prepared to
> surrender essentially all their stated principles and agree to accept a bit
> of land here and there to create some kind of false appearance that all was
> not in vain. In that the Palestinian leadership hopes to assist in the
> definitive defeat of the Palestinian masses by splitting and pacifying the
> Palestinian people.
> 
> It is clear too that the only strategic significance that the Middle East
> has for Washington is its existence as an energy source. By establishing a
> form of stability in the Middle East in the form of an agreed settlement
> between all sides, Washington hopes to succeed in establishing enough
> stability there to guarantee the security of these sources.
> 
> The Palestinian issue is no longer an issue that is being seriously
> exploited by  the Arab states as a focus for Arab unity. Egypt, a key
> player, has long abandoned such a strategy. Iraq, for this and other
> reasons, has been forced out of the frame by  Washington. However it is more
> than likely that after the Middle East settlement has been imposed --and
> there is going to be a settlement-- Washington will permit Iraq to establish
> normal relations with the rest of the world. Jordan is totally venal and is
> American imperialism's satrap. Saudia Arabia largely plays a largely similar
> role. The Arab world is divided as it has never  been before. Libya has been
> effectively ostracised by Washington and its imperialist allies as a means
> of rendering it strategically ineffective concerning middle east affairs.
> Even there the first signs of a potential reconciliation with Washington is
> on the horizon. The Iraqi regime with a history of butchery and repression
> of the Palestinians is at most concerned about its own immediate survival.
> Its greatest ambition goes no further than the integration of Lebanon into
> Syria. It is has no serious concerns over the establishment of a Palestinian
> state save in so far as it impacts on its own domestic security and
> interests.
> 
> These constitute among the best conditions, in the aftermath of the collapse
> of the Soviet Union, for guaranteeing the necessary security of the Middle
> East as an energy source for capital accumulation of imperialism.
> 
> As has been said before by others the locations of strategic significance
> geopolitically have been changing. The Caucasus region is now of decisive
> strategic significance. It is a energy rich zone and forms, in many ways,
> the new frontier between Russia and western imperialism. It would seem that
> it is going to be the new Middle East.
> 
> In short the Middle East is now of no longer of any geopolitical strategic
> significance in terms of the international security of imperialism. It may,
> however, be of regional strategic interest to the local players there.
> 
> Comradely regards
> George
> 
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