[Marxism] Socialist Policy in World War Two

[S. Artesian]

So, getting right down to the real nitty-gritty,  is it your position that 
WW2 really was a "good war," fought against the "more barbaric" Japan and 
Germany and so alliances with the the bourgeoisie, voting for war credits, 
buying war bonds, were in fact necessary to save "civilization"?

It certainly sounds that way to me from your reply to Tom.

You talk about the way the Japanese treated the populations of the countries 
they occupied, contasting it to the more benign treatment provided by the US 
or the UK.  I would refer you to the history of the US occupation of the 
Philippines, its war against those who rejected the pacification as provided 
by Gen. Black Jack Pershing some 40 years earlier.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G K Milner" <gkmilner at eftel.net.au>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Socialist Policy in World War Two


Dear Tom,
                I'm sorry about the delay in responding to your post.   I
understand that you are writing from Australia, as I am, so I must say at
the outset that it is in my opinion a healthy situation that socialists
should be critical of their 'own' countries' roles in wartime.