tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post3673995799464149676..comments2024-01-04T19:27:02.335-08:00Comments on Zenpolitics: 'Moderates' for the Middle EastJohn Hilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072819649049077782noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-47806434590288049562011-02-18T03:05:30.917-08:002011-02-18T03:05:30.917-08:00Thanks Julia and Kebz
Justimax, yes, I take your ...Thanks Julia and Kebz<br /><br />Justimax, yes, I take your valid point on the word "revolution".<br /><br />It's all very well geting rid of Mubarak and his ilk. The real task involves changing the system itself.<br /><br />It's obvious (to us) that Obama and the Western 'democracy champions' are in a real tail-spin over how to feign 'people power' while keeping their favoured henchmen in the top positions. <br /><br />"The mindless euphoria over Obama's election from too many commentators who must have known better..."<br /><br />Agreed - though, listening to the gushings of BBC reporters on Obama's 'concerns for democracy', it's worth considering just how much they do consciously know and how much they themselves are conditioned by the system they serve. <br /><br />Thus, whether it's removing the client villains, exposing media stenography or promoting real civil participation and control, "revolution" is always a long-term work in progress.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />JohnJohn Hilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072819649049077782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-71524538929292629032011-02-17T16:01:30.361-08:002011-02-17T16:01:30.361-08:00Please avoid the facile use of the big word "...Please avoid the facile use of the big word "revolution". So far in Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain (Yemen ?) protests which may take shape and substance in a viable, improved alternative system of government are a first step towards the unknown. So often, getting rid of one dictator ("moderates" - sons-of-bitches, but they're OUR sons-of-bitches)and provisionally stopping the continuation of his "direct-line" regime is insignificant in the longer run- witness so many countries in Latin America, Asia and eastern Europe. One could say that ,in the Good Ol' U.K. the slide through Thatcher-Major-Blair-Brown to ConDemites shows how real improvement remains to be done, if, that is, people have not yet had the stuffing knocked out of them by now. The mindless euphoria over Obama's election from too many commentators who must have known better is another recent example of how the weight of the Establishment is so hard to kick out of touch. Who will win the line-out ? Are there , in any case, two opposing teams, or just two sets playing the same game,strictly for themselves, not for the piblic ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724829216405340298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-68960579959806015662011-02-17T12:08:31.310-08:002011-02-17T12:08:31.310-08:00Good post John. These 'moderates' are resp...Good post John. These 'moderates' are responsible for the majority of the carnage and destruction around the planet. They have to be dragged kicking and screaming to acknowledge legitimate peaceful protests and even then they bribe, bully and subvert in order to maintain control over different peoples.Kebznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-72658190677490839732011-02-16T07:05:05.253-08:002011-02-16T07:05:05.253-08:00I can't take the whole "moderate"/&q...I can't take the whole "moderate"/"extremist" thing anymore. Any politician will turn into a monster as soon as they're bestowed with power over the people they govern.Julia Riber Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006439247714055292noreply@blogger.com