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imperialists the American and the Russians. For this to happen it would be
much better for the US to exposed itself as a declining power while for
Russia to be defeated in the war with non imperialist fgeorgia.

Those who  fail to see that imperialism is a stage of the advanced
capitalist states that include Russia, Japan , Australia =96New Zealand  Eu=
rope
and Israel in addition to the US and not simply the US,  must well come the
victory of Russian imperialism as a step in the right direction. For those
of us who are Leninists  the defeat of Russia in this conflict with  the no=
n
imperialist state- Georgia would be  the only correct line.

Most of the left groups  correctly do not side  openly with Russian
imperialism in the war. However,    wrongly  they do not side military with
Georgia because of its right wing regime in alliance with the US.  Thus in
reality they side with Russia. Confusion between regime and a state leads t=
o
reformism . For example siding with Western imperialism against Nazi German=
y
rather than  struggling for a defeat for both as imperialists was already
during WWII a symptom of reformist pressures.

To have the correct position from a Marxist perspective: siding military
with Georgia against Russian imperialism without any political support for
Georgia, Marxists  have to differentiate between military and political
support.

Lenin in 1917 did differentiate between the two when he defended Kerensky's
government military but not politically.

Would US and NATO step in and fight Russia our position will change to
revolutionary defeat for all  imperialist sides. This in essence will be th=
e
beginning of WWIII.

However mean time the US and NATO are not involved directly and for this
reason most people who support US imperialism are in shock.

It is a reformist mistake not to take the position of Revolutionary defeat
for Russia and Revolutionary defense for Georgia.

To understand this question even  in a more clear way is to remember
Iraq.  Sadam
was the instrument of US for many many years including in his war against
Iran. He tried to occupy Kuwait with the assumption the US gave him green
light. He was wrong. Now in the war of the US against Iraq the revolutionar=
y
position was and is Revolutionary defeat for the US Revolutionary defense o=
f
Iraq.

Georgia has been acting for many years as US instrument against Russia, yet
in this war the US deserted Georgia and so is Israel.
There are many implication for the desertion of the US its weak
ally-Georgia. It means among other things that If the Israeli ruling class
want to attack Iran they are not likely to get the US actively on their
side.