The Trots or Twats or whatever they are called is split on the Ukraine question. Quite a few of them are supporting US imperialism and backing the neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian government. Others urge support for Russia and the eastern separatists. Others seem to be saying that neither side should be supported. This is similar to their line in WW2 – Trotsky held that WW2 was simply a battle of one group of capitalists (the Allies) against another group of capitalists (the Axis). He also refused to support the USSR in that war. Thankfully, one of Stalin’s secret agents killed this traitor in Mexico City. Never was an icepick put to better use!
Every now and again, a Trot gets it right:
Imperialism is not just a rude word for US foreign policy.
But he follows it with typical Trot nuttiness:
It is a global system of which Moscow is as much a part as Washington.
Um, nope. Russia is not an imperialist country and it is not part of the US imperial project.
Then he revisits it with a reprise of Trotsky’s fence-sitting in the early days of the war:
Or should we have taken sides in the Valentine’s Day massacre and supported the North Side gang against Al Capone in the name of a multi-centric underworld?
But this line was a stroke of genius. I will bold it below just to highlight how important it is to realize this:
Imperialism is not just a rude word for US foreign policy.
Oh yeah! Nail, meet hammer.
