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What is the US doing in Iraq? What is it the Empire hopes to achieve? No one is really saying. At least no one in the White House. History can teach us many things and when we look at the history of the US in the 20th Century we find emerging patterns that may help us answer questions like those just posed. The building of US bases in places like the Philippines, Turkey and Japan assist in keeping the far flung corners of the realm under control. But will they continue to do so? Tariq Ali argues that as long as the populations of the West maintain their blindness to the occupation of Palestine and allow the continued occupation of Iraq then peace is not an option no matter how many bases they build or how many troops they deploy. He suggests that those of us in the West need to rise up and resist this imperial quest if we truly want to see a peaceful resolution brought about in the Middle East.
Tariq (Tah-rick) Ali, born in Lahore, Pakistan, is an internationally renowned writer. He is based in London where he is an editor of New Left Review. He's written more than a dozen books on world history and politics. A charismatic speaker, he is in great demand all over the world. In his spare time he is a filmmaker, playwright and novelist. His books include the worldwide bestsellers The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and Bush in Babylon. He spoke to a packed house at the University of New South Wales at a fundraiser for the Green Left Weekly in March 2004. ** CD only |