From: soula avramidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Carl Remick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>From: soula avramidis
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>http://www.michaelparenti.org/IRAQGeorge2.htm
>Liberal intellectuals are never happier than when, with patronizing smiles,
>they can dilate on the stupidity of George Bush. What I have tried to show
>is that Bush is neither retarded nor misdirected. Given his class
>perspective and interests, there are compelling reasons to commit armed
>aggression against Iraq---and against other countries to come....
What twaddle. On the one hand, there's no question that ridiculing Bush's intelligence is a mug's game; if he's so stupid how exactly did he become emperor of the world? OTOH, the equally patronizing claim that Bush's war makes perfect sense "given his class perspective and interests" is preposterous. The left is wasting its time looking for rational reasons for a war that ultimately is just plain insane -- a war that in a million and one ways will invite future resistance toward the US both in the Islamic world and among American's traditional allies and trading partners. This war subverts its own goals; it's nuts.
Carl
If the hisotry of wars can be explained by insanity then a universal mental assylum would be the objective of all peace loving people. but alas. it subverts its own goals if the USA looses or it takes too long to win, if not, then that is one big war booty, after which everyone will fall in line, else no oil. oil is about ten percent of world trade and it is a depletable resource, it first came into recorded history in Iraq when alexander took babylon, he tested a young boy after painting him with the black liquid and setting him on fire to see whether it could be used in battle. see will durant, our oriental heritage, the sory of civilization. what price oil?
Droll fellow, that Alexander -- very much on Donald Rumfeld's wavelength. But I thought wheeling/dealing modern capitalism was supposed to be more subtle and sly in its practices and not have to rely on main force. There's a big difference between swindling -- business's default mode, as amply illustrated by the 1990s -- and armed robbery, which this war clearly represents.
Carl
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