<underfire> structured chaos

[sdv at krokodile.co.uk]

But Alain, only those who desired the war and so misunderstood the 
history of colonial activity believed this... For the rest of us the 
history of neo-colonial militarist adventures always ended in mass 
murder and death... Who knowing the history of colonialism could do 
anything but despair as they protested on the streets of the cities they 
lived in ?

s
Alain Joxe wrote:
> There was once, in the past century, the 20th, a "free world" and a
> "Communist world," each obeying its laws, its images, its lies and its
> idols, and a "Third World" which attempted to separate itself from the two
> others thanks to its size and despite its weakness.  When the tripartite
> world of bipolar nuclear stand-off seemed to disappear with the end of the
> Cold War, it was believed that the earth would finally become peaceful, or
> at least conform to the order outlined in the UN charter. This belief buoyed
> the courage and conscience of the nations allied against the Iraqi dictator
> after his invasion of Kuwait.  But the illusion did not last long.  Why?
>