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From Pravda this week, a double selection: (1) this scathing attack on the Bush Administration more than familiar to most readers of blogs, but instructive because a huge portion of the world does see the United States in this light, particularly troubling as we require their help in the real war on terror, and (2) this analysis of how the American occupation authorities are treating trade unionists in Iraq, i.e. favoring Ba'athist Party based "unions" (which are actually "company" unions, the company of course being Saddam's regime) at the expense of other trade unionists in Iraq which might be backed (dare we say it) by... no, I still shudder... communists.

Good to see that over a decade after the Cold War, there are still things as scary to right wing ideologues as a cross to a vampire. The word communism, or even socialism, oh hell-- any social program anywhere that does not involve the benefit of already affluent people-- just gives these guys the willies. Hence, the genius of firing the heavily armed 80,000 man army, charging for water in Basra, or my favorite, Bremer's plan to cut off the successful food distribution program because it "smacks of socialism".

Its then perfectly consistent (to me) that the Bushistas would favor foregoing the vaunted "de-Baathification" in favor of what it perceives as commie-pinko-bashing (with the added benefits that its goal of the universal crushing of workers rights has a shining example in the Middle East). Much as in many contexts, the de-Baathification has simply dumped competent people critically needed (what I have termed "throwing the baby out with the Baath water"). However, in this context of general workers' rights, it would seem (to me) that de-Baathification is a really good idea-- the Baathist unions were just one of Saddam's many instruments of control, subjugation and terror-- so why not dismember them?

Apparently, because they are the last bulwark standing between us and Iraq falling to Godless communism.

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Given that the Iraqi communists are the ones shown in the media coverage of the anti-Saddam demonstrations.

Oh, I'm sorry, I just realized that without translators the CPA and Bushco don't know that the people with the red banners are communists.

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