Vol. 71/No. 12      March 26, 2007

These demands serve the interests of working people as the U.S. rulers lead their imperialist allies in a multifront war, which they say will last decades, targeting any government that doesn’t bow to Washington’s dictates, and taking aim ultimately at the working class itself.

They help cut through the charade of the “Out of Iraq Caucus” in the U.S. Congress and of other Democratic politicians who pose as “antiwar,” as they vote to fund the brutal war in Iraq and try to outdo the White House on the number of troops and money flowing to Afghanistan for the imperialist occupation of that country.

A majority in the United States today tell pollsters they don’t support the current course of the U.S. government in Iraq. But when asked whether Washington should send in the necessary forces to “win” a new stability and then leave, most of the same individuals say yes. Many workers are influenced by the rationalizations of both ruling parties for the war. They see the brutalities of the Iraqi civil war not as a result of the U.S. invasion, but as an argument for maintaining the occupation, at least “for now,” to stop “ethnic cleansing.”

To these workers we must explain how London, Washington, and other imperialist powers instituted “ethnic” divisions from the time they colonized Iraq and how the policies of the occupiers today have been fomenting, not preventing, communal slaughter.

This is what we encourage our readers to do at the upcoming peace rallies and beyond.
 
 
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