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'I am on the anti-imperialist left.' The Stalinist left? 'I wouldn't define it that way because of the pejoratives loaded around it; that would be making a rod for your own back. If you are asking did I support the Soviet Union, yes I did. Yes, I did support the Soviet Union, and I think the disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest catastrophe of my life. If there was a Soviet Union today, we would not be having this conversation about plunging into a new war in the Middle East, and the US would not be rampaging around the globe.'

George Galloway#2

WarHistoryGeopoliticsIdeologyImperialism

About this quote

What does it mean?
Galloway says he supports the Soviet Union and views its end as enabling US wars.
In plain terms
Galloway credits the Soviet Union for preventing US wars.
What can you take from it?
Bipolar balance may prevent war.

Where it applies

  • political debate
  • foreign policy
  • historical analysis

Putting it to work

  • study history
  • evaluate policies
  • debate ideology

Questions to consider

  • Did balance keep peace?
  • Is any empire good?

Another view

It romanticizes a regime with a poor human rights record.

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