Fwd: [COMMUNISM LIST]Middle East

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Subject: [COMMUNISM LIST]Middle East

Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:37:16 +0100

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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.

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