Letters to the Editor
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Blumenthal Redbaits Again
Well, I guess we all need another ponderous post-mortem on Wolfowitz.
I have no quarrel with burying Wolfie a little deeper, but the ridiculous red-baiting that starts this article reminds me that liberals are as big a red-baiters as conservatives.
At least Blumenthal got one thing right, Wolfie had no concept of 'mass politics,' unlike Lenin. Unfortunately, in this bizarre analogy which he has used before, Blumenthal completely forgets about class. Wolfie was a representative of the most virulent capitalist elements in the United States.
Lenin and Trotsky wanted to overthrow those people. Yet, they are the same.
They are the same because of a shallow 'impressionist' understanding of organization.
How's this on organization? Blumenthal actually represents a wing of the ruling class that is more careful, and appreciates a mask of 'humanism' put over it's face. I.E., capitalism with a human face, but capitalism none the same. Blumenthal and Wolfie are actually on the same side on this issue. Unfortunately for Mr. Blumenthal, imperialism is showing more and more it cannot afford humanism, or a mask, or anything but the most hollow assurances.
What is dying with the Iraq war is not just Wolfie, but a U.S. capitalist view of how to control oil ... and the world. And that target is far bigger than the neo-cons alone.