[Marxism] Good imperialists vs. evil governments of the oppressed, round 199

[J.M.P.Cloke at lboro.ac.uk]

"Logically, it must follow that he also believes that when 
an imperialist power inflicts a military defeat on an 
oppressed country with a non-socialist/undemocratic 
government, this is good for the workers in the oppressed 
country.  It does them a favor.  It weakens the rule of 
the bourgeois nationalist leaders, generals, dictators, 
mullahs, etc."

Having started all this, I could actually just stay out of 
it, couldn't I, and let you guys carry on with your fierce 
denunciations of things you've made up that I haven't said 
and don't believe.... having said which, you interestingly 
seem to be arguing that the transition from the military 
regime to the Alfonsin government was a *backward* step 
for the workers. I'd love to see you argue that one....

And I ask, humbly, as a swine-like supplicant whose 
inadequate thinking beseeches the enlightenment of your 
pearls of Marxist wisdom! 

Jon Cloke