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Martin Vars (2026-05-05) asserts the old mistake is treating every enemy of the…
Brief
Martin Vars warns against assuming every foe of the West is progressive, arguing totalitarian movements adopt leftist rhetoric and then eliminate their former allies. He invokes Dr. Maalouf’s account of the Iranian Revolution—initially a Marxist student uprising later co-opted by Islamists who killed leftist students—and cautions contemporary Western campus leftists risk repeating that error.
Why it matters
Martin Vars (2026-05-05) asserts the old mistake is treating every enemy of the West as 'progressive'; he claims totalitarian movements often borrow leftist language until they seize power, then purge those leftists, calling them 'useful idiots'.
Key details
- Vars cites Dr. Maalouf: the Iranian Revolution began as a student-led Marxist movement, Muslims later joined as 'anti-imperialists,' and once the Islamic regime took power those leftist students were among the first killed—Vars warns Western leftist students are repeating that mistake.