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 > > Be free to check out our Communist Think-Tank web site at > http://homepage.eircom.net/~beprepared/ > > Subscribe to Revcommy Mailing Community at > rev-commies-subscribe-AT-eGroups.com > > --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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