Greetings Economists, On Sep 11, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
But the people tagged as "Islamofascists" aren't the real rivals of the U.S. now - they're mostly marginal and weak. Why should they be demonized, and not, say, the Chinese, who are actual rivals for resources and ultimately power?
Doyle; Bush started out with some edgy purposes against the Chinese with the plane incident. But backed off. Perhaps the economic interests are strong enough to matter in who gets demonized. The Soviets were hermetically sealed off. The risks of demonization against a phantom enemy seems related to military production needs, not real conflict with China or any other serious nuclear power. LP writes; I am not sure how much of a rival China is at this point, especially after Marty Hart-Landsberg's posting yesterday. Frankly, there is a lot of "ideology" about the Chinese economic threat but I think that amounts to Freudian projection more than anything else. Doyle; That didn't prevent WWI or WWII as big power rivalries. It seems to me big wars are obviously out of bounds with a continuing economy and nuclear war ending that. Even Bush backs off. thanks, Doyle Saylor
