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The Patterns of History: The Syrian Crisis By Ernesto Che Guevara, Annotated by Y.O. “Thus it begins to appear as if a direct aggression on the part of the monopolies [i.e., the global corporations] will be necessary; various possible forms are being shuffled and studied in the IBM machines with all processes calculated [i.e., by the Rand Corporation]. It occurs to us at the moment that the Spanish variant [i.e., the Libyan variant] could be used. The Spanish variant would be one in which some initial pretext is seized upon for an attack by exiles with the help of volunteers [the Islamic and Al-Qaeda militants], volunteers who would be mercenaries of course, or simply the troops of a foreign power [Just guess which foreign power it can be], well supported by navy and air, well enough supported, shall we say, to be successful. It could also begin as a direct aggression by some state such as the Dominican Republic [i.e., Turkey], which would send some of its men, our brothers, and many mercenaries to die on these beaches in order to provoke war; this would prompt the pure-intentioned monopolists to say that they do not wish to intervene in this ‘disastrous’ struggle between brothers; they will merely limit and confine and freeze the war within its present limits by maintaining vigilance over the skies and seas of this part of America [i.e., the Mediterranean Sea] with cruisers, battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers, submarines, minesweepers, torpedo boats, and airplanes. And it could happen that while these zealous guardians of continental peace were not allowing a single boat to pass with things for Cuba [i.e., the proposed No-Fly Zone over Syria] , some, many, or all of the boats headed for the unhappy country of Trujillo [i.e., Tayyip Erdogan, the incumbent prime minister of Turkey] would escape the iron vigilance. Also they might intervene through some ‘reputable’ inter-American organ [i.e., the Organization of Islamic Cooperation], to put an end to the ‘foolish war’ that ‘Communism’ [nationalism and secularism] had unleashed in our island [i.e., Syria]; or, if this mechanism of the ‘reputable’ American [i.e., Islamic] organ did not serve, they might intervene directly, as in Korea, using the name of the international organ in order to restore peace and protect the interests of all nations.” Ernesto Che Guevara, “Epilogue: Analysis of the Cuban Situation, Its Present and Its Future” in ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ (1961).
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 16:05:05 +0000

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