I suggest leftists need to read, reread, and read again Meiksins Wood's _Empire of Capital_ until her argument in the last chapter, "Endless War," sinks in. We do not need to look at the empirical conditions under which a new war is launched: we already know everything we need to know about it.
Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:07 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Syria of course, it won't be called an attack or an invasion, but instead an "incursion." (flash from the past.) On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Sabri Oncu <[email protected]> wrote: > Count on it: Turkey will attack Syria in the name democracy in a few > days, if not tomorrow! > > Should we speculate what may happen after that? widening war & civil war. -- Jim Devine / "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." -- Paul Dirac. Social science is in the middle.... and usually in a muddle. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
