Comments on: The Andropov Paradigm http://austrolabe.com/2009/08/29/the-andropov-paradigm/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Andrei http://austrolabe.com/2009/08/29/the-andropov-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-202513 Andrei Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:58:36 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/?p=1057#comment-202513 It makes sense. The Soviets were clearly backing the Iranians, Syrians and Iraqis with money, weapons and propaganda. Meanwhile, Saudi Wahabiism was seen by the West as being an effective ideological bulwark to communist/socialist expansionism in the Middle East. It makes sense. The Soviets were clearly backing the Iranians, Syrians and Iraqis with money, weapons and propaganda. Meanwhile, Saudi Wahabiism was seen by the West as being an effective ideological bulwark to communist/socialist expansionism in the Middle East.

]]> By: Arik Bow http://austrolabe.com/2009/08/29/the-andropov-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-202494 Arik Bow Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:28:14 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/?p=1057#comment-202494 It would be the perfect storm wouldn't it? the shia and the communists and arab socialism... but its all fantasy. Social currents as profound as secular arab nationalism bathism (socialism), are never just cooked up by one guy in a lab with his evil genius. At the beginning of the 20th century modernity was socialsim & totalarianism, and it influenced all leaders and thinkers Syed Qutub read Alex carrel. These social currents were well entrenched long before Andropov. Are you also saying that the communists whose distinguishing characteristics were total failure at everything they tried somehow worked out this marvellous technique for world domination, and it was just a single guy in a kgb office, alone with his smokes It would be the perfect storm wouldn’t it? the shia and the communists and arab socialism… but its all fantasy.

Social currents as profound as secular arab nationalism bathism (socialism), are never just cooked up by one guy in a lab with his evil genius. At the beginning of the 20th century modernity was socialsim & totalarianism, and it influenced all leaders and thinkers Syed Qutub read Alex carrel. These social currents were well entrenched long before Andropov.

Are you also saying that the communists whose distinguishing characteristics were total failure at everything they tried somehow worked out this marvellous technique for world domination, and it was just a single guy in a kgb office, alone with his smokes

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