Jeff wrote: > At 21:00 24/08/09 +0200, Nasir Khan wrote: > [see [Marxism] The US War against Iraq: The Destruction of a Civilization] > [full text: http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/the-us-war-against-iraq/] > >> by James Petras, Dissident Voice, August 21, 2009 >> >> The US seven-year war and occupation of Iraq is driven by several >> major political forces .... >> >> [including] the following (in order of >> importance). > > Unfortunately the quote ends there so you do not get Petras' "list" of > political forces behind the Iraq war unless you go to the full article as I > did. What you will find is exactly TWO items on his list (of why the US > went to war in Iraq), which are, "in order of importance": > > 1) What he calls "The Zionist Power Configuration (ZPC)," essentially > referring to JEWS in the US government whose "top priority was to advance > Israel’s agenda." > > and (of less importance): > 2) "Civilian militarists (like Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney)" > who are NOT JEWISH.
Petras is a total idiot. I think the big problem with him, Cockburn and any number of leftist personalities is that they are not challenged when they write this crap. Counterpunch does not have a place for comments and Petras has never been in a debate as far as I can tell. He issues his screeds from high on top of Mount Professor Emeritus and if you don't like what he is saying, tough. Counterpunch has something new, a Facebook for its readers. I don't plan to participate because I still hold Jeff St. Clair in some regard, even though he is like a battered wife to Cockburn. ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
