I think Mark York reveals quite alot about himself through these childish comments. Probably that he has a problematic and distorted idea about women, resulting most likely from a series of romantic failures. Im usually all for free speech on bligs but isnt this dweed banned?

It’s Amerias fault. Sound familiar? That cold war colonialist, imperialist, fascist, power hungry menace to all good people longing for their freedom throughout the world.

Were to hell do children get this shit? It couldn’t be in our own universities……….could it? God help us……of course not.

Mostly right about that, but the Greek Communist bureaucrats did more damage than any efforts by Churchill or the CIG/CIA to the revolutionary potential that existed in Greece in ‘44-’49 by dutifully internalizing “Comrade” Stalin’s intentions.

Just wondering if you even bothered to look and see who was on the UNSC before you made that statement. Here’s the list. While I’d give you China, Russia, Qatar and the Congo Republic, how can you expect to make such a statement about Denmark, Greece, France, the UK, Peru, Japan, Slovakia and Tanzania (i.e. more than two thirds of UNSC) without looking silly?

I think all this talk about Venezuela and Chavez is overblown. And much of the mainstream media on Chavez is downright distortion. Chavez simply is no security threat to the U.S. If the U.S. would stop trying to scheme ways with its elitist allies in Venezuela to overthrow Chavez he might have actually been or could be an ally. But when the US paints Hugo into a corner, you can’t blame him for fighting back. Fact is, Hugo, while a big mouth, and a big mouth with some dictator-like tendencies, often comes off as a clown — he is often hitting the right note about the US and its neo-colonialist policies and behaviour around the world. The US govt. is shameful in its relations with the developing world most especially.

I thought you wrote that a few weeks ago…sorry if I confused you with someone else. I’d say that Niebuhr was congruent with Reuther in both areas where he probably over-reacted as well as in areas where they both stood for social justice. MLKjr considered Niebuhr one of his important influences.

- So you take the Jeanne Kirkpatrick view of the Cold War? Seriously though, I don’t deny that the Soviets were nasty -especially in the early Cold War, but there is not one thing – aside from perhaps the Helsinki programs (which were mostly European) that the West did in the Cold War that is even remotely worth support, on a moral or tactical level. If you can think of one, I’m game.

Niebuhr didn’t support imperialism or reaction, although he well knew that one can’t “take sides” in geopolitics and keep one’s hands completely clean of unintended consequences or great power machinations

- But what seemed clear from Niehbuhr is that one shouldn’t make that devil’s bargain. If one wanted to have clean hands, one didn’t have to take sides, or one could have sided with the people of the world under both yokes…which seems more congruent with what he thought…

Reuther was anti-communist but he admitted later that he was a little “hysterical” about it, and was a truly great labor leader, who may well have been assissnated. He was firmly Anti-Imperialist and was one of the few mainstream labor leaders to oppose the Vietnam war.

What’s interesting is the endorsements it’s gotten from Cold War historians…and not only those who agree with her take:
Book Description
In this fresh and challenging study of the origins of the Cold War, Professor Eisenberg traces the American role in dividing postwar Germany. Drawing upon original documentary sources, she explores how U.S. policy makers chose partition and mobilized reluctant West Europeans behind that approach. The book casts new light on the Berlin blockade, demonstrating that the United States rejected United Nations mediation and relied on its nuclear monopoly as the means of protecting its German agenda.

Review
“Drawing the Line is an eminently readable book and it will be a welcome addition to the treasure chest of reseachers, scholars and students of international affairs.” Pam K. Datta, Perspectives
“It is an exceptionally well written and prodigiously researched work.” Thomas Schwartz, The Journal of American History
“Carolyn Eisenberg shatters the central myth at the heart of the origins of the cold war: that the postwar division of Germany was Stalin’s fault. She demonstrates unequivocally that the partition of Germany was `fundamentally an American decision,’ strongly opposed by the Soviets. The implications are enormous.” Kai Bird, The Nation
“…exhaustive and impressive…” David M. Keithly, Politik
“Carolyn Eisenberg’s Drawing the Line is the most comprehensive study now available of U.S. policy towards Germany in the critical 1944-1949 period.” Steven P. Remy, H-Net Reviews
“This is a thorough, beautifully written study; it is unlikely to be superseded.” Loyd E. Lee, Political Science Quarterly
“This book is a remarkable achievement. Its mastery of the complex US politics and diplomacy of the division of Germany and the beginnings of the cold war is truly impressive.” Diethelm Prowe, The International History Review
“…a daring, provocative and challenging book…a must read for anyone interested in post-World War II international history.” Melvyn Leffler, University of Virginia
“…massively documented and unsparing argument that not Russian, but American non-cooperation prevented Germanu unification. Even those who will dissent from the tightly argued case will remain in Eisenberg’s dept for a closely reasoned and provocative monograph that masters some of the most intricate disputes of early Cold War history. This work is a major achievement and major challenge.” Charles Maier, Diplomatic History
“Just when some thought we were approaching a consensus on the reasons why Europe and the United States sunk into nearly a half-century of Cold War, Carolyn Eisenberg forces us to rethink what we thought we knew…Her vast research and grasp of detail make us reconsider the historic events that triggered the Cold War.” Walter LaFeber, Cornell University