Re: NATO, Kosovo, Russia

At 03:06 PM 3/25/99 -0000, Mike Procter wrote:
>This is clearly expressed, and as a citizen of a country that's
>unaccountably uncritical of US interventionism (as well as having an
>unenviable record of its own) I have much sympathy with what Sergio says.
>The question remains, should Milosevic be allowed to pursue his revolting
>policies without hindrance?  In other words, a bad guy can sometimes do the
>right thing, even if for the wrong reasons.  I don't think it's entirely
>fanciful to draw a parallel with Hitler; and European politicians still
>carry in their baggage the bogey-word 'appeasement'.

It's important to remember that the British ruling class had an
understanding with Hitler that he was free to attack the Soviet Union.
Anti-Bolshevism was a core feature of British foreign policy and does more
to explain "appeasement" than spinelessness in the face of evil. The only
reason that Great Britain finally came to oppose Hitler was that he stepped
on their toes when invading Poland, an ally of British imperialism. This
discussion has to be framed in class rather than moral terms.


Louis Proyect

(http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html)