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Mirage of imperialist victory proves itself to be a scirocco:Spain, Honduras, Dominican Republic send their troops home
by mousnonya, April 20, 2004 $pain has decided to withdraw its troops from Iraq as quickly as possible.(1) However $pain has also declared itself willing to send "humanitarian" relief to Iraq.(2) So $pain is a two-faced imperialist. However, despite the fact that the imperialists are treacherous, the international proletariat is patient. Iraqi resistance leader Muqtada el Sadr has called on his troops not to attack Spanish soldiers and to allow them to return home safely to their families where they belong.(3) Sadr's action contradicts U.$. propaganda which calls Iraq's resistance "bandits." The recent release of Japanese hostages by the Iraqi resistance also contradicts U.$. lies. These facts should make people question whether Uncle $cam is a lying hypocrite or merely deluded. MIM sees a practice and pattern of U.$. lies and calls it like it is: "your" government, the capitalists, regards you as expendable. They will lie to you. They will tell you to kill. And if you die fighting the rich man's war he will celebrate your making him rich with a 21 gun salute. MIM sees the pull-out of $pain as probably the first imperialist rat deserting the sinking ship of the U.$. occupation of Iraq. Honduras, one more Spanish speaking country with a history of being attacked by U.$. imperialism, has also declared that it will withdraw its soldiers from Iraq.(4) Then the Dominican Republic pulled out its 300 and Thailand says it may be next. Imperialists of various stripes are calling for NATO(5) or the U.N.(6) to take over the occupation of Iraq. But who wants to take over? No one. Because any other imperialist coalition would face the same fate as the U.$., being bogged down in an unpopular bloody war. [mim3@mim.org interjects: The UN is already taking a greater role in forming the puppet regime that comes to power June 30th when the U.S. colonial regime ends in favor of a neo-colonial regime. Despite the UN role, it still looks like other major powers such as Russia, India, France and Germany have not received a good enough deal from Uncle $am to send in their own troops. We have to distinguish between troops and diplomats. The situation with troops on the ground has not changed and that's what is important to the political climate in Iraq. People should not be confused by the meaning of the June 30th date Bush is talking about. Troops in Germany and Japan have never left since World War II. Probably the best thing that could happen to Amerika is that the Iraqis hand Amerika such a stunning military defeat that Bush pulls out the troops June 30th or shortly thereafter. The Iraqis will no doubt try to make it happen, but we are still counting on a protracted struggle running into the next Bush or Kerry term.] Each defection of a U.$. ally is a major victory for the anti-imperialists because it makes the illegal U.$. occupation of Iraq all the more difficult. MIM does not expect a U.N. takeover of Iraq. In fact, some neoconservatives probably wanted to use Iraq to destroy the U.N. which they saw as no longer useful in extending U.$. imperialism. Germany and France, both NATO members, will likely oppose using N.A.T.O. (supposedly a defensive alliance) to occupy a country far from Europe. The U.$. imperialists have painted themselves into a corner. We're sure the U.$. imperialists are mad. MIM dares to ask something the mainstream press and imperialists are too gutless to say out loud:(7) When will other U.$. allies in Iraq such as Poland, Italy, Japan, Australia, and Britain send their troops home? Britain also produces oil. Japan is oil dependent. So even though Japan has seen its hostages in Iraq released we expect to see Japan continue to lick the b.s. encrusted cowboy boots of amerikan imperialists. Reactionary anglo solidarity will increasingly be stressed by "realities on the ground." The United $tates will find itself increasingly isolated and overextended. This is exactly one of the preconditions MIM sees as necessary to a revolution in Amerika. The truth is and will become increasingly obvious: imperialism means only death for you and me and riches for large corporations. Meanwhile U.$. atrocities continue: U.$. imperialists killed two more journalists in Iraq.(8) "[A]t least 26 Iraqi and foreign journalists and media workers have been killed" so far in Iraq.(9) So it's no surprise that Hosni Mubarak, U.$. puppet leader of Egypt, is even sayng the U.$. is now hated more than ever in the Arab world.(10) Once again, MIM is willing to use scientific materialism to reach the painful truth that no one else recognizes let alone says: the continuing murder of journalists in Iraq is no accident. The imperialists want the press to report what is good for imperialism and ignore the ugly truth. MIM calls on mainstream journalists unwilling to be censored or to tolerate the murder of their colleagues: Avenge your colleagues' deaths. Refuse to be intimidated. Write for MIM Notes.
Notes: (2) Spain to Offer U.S. Non-Military Aid in Iraq, Sun Apr 18, (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4856690 (3) El Sadr fordert Stopp von Angriffen auf Spanische Soldaten April 19, 2004, (AP) http://de.news.yahoo.com/040419/12/3znz8.html; Sadr veut épargner les Espagnols, qui accélèrent leur retrait French Press Agency (AFP) http://fr.news.yahoo.com/040419/202/3r5n5.html (4) Honduras to Pull Its Troops Out of Iraq Gustavo Palencia (Reuters) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040420/wl_nm/iraq_honduras_dc&cid=574&ncid=1480; Auch Honduras zieht Truppen aus Irak ab April 20, 2004, (German Press Agency) http://de.news.yahoo.com/040420/3/3zpfb.html; (5) L'OTAN pourrait jouer un rôle dans la sécurité en Irak, selon le ministre australien de la Défense April 20, 2004, (AP)
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/040420/5/3r5t1.html (7) Colin Powell craint que plusieurs pays ne suivent l'exemple espagnol et se retirent d'Irak April 20, 2004, (AP) (Colin Powell fears that several countries will follow the Spanish example and withdraw from Iraq) http://fr.news.yahoo.com/040420/5/3r5t0.html MIM asks the reader: Why can't you read this in English? (8) GIs Kill 2 Workers of U.S.-Funded Iraq TV Mon Apr 19, 2:44 PM ET (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=10&u=/ap/20040419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_journalists_killed
(9) See note 8.
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