Paul,
Maybe this is just terribly naive, but what would
be wrong with the autonomy proposal (with NATO
troops on the ground and enforcing) that was made
at Rambouillet? Seems better than either side
having more or less control and engaging in
slaughter/removal, etc., if extremely imperfect.
Max Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/29/99 01:02PM
Military conflicts are not
necessarily the best way to get more funds allocated to hardware
RD. In fact, the debate for more hardware/RD had already been
decided before the Kosovo affair. By supporting anti-missile
defense, Clinton and the
You neglected the lead time factor. Military Keynesianism
involves
first the depletion of inventory and then the replacement phase
later.
Armed conflicts accelerates this cycle.
One might guess from this that the series of conflicts since
1986 -- Grenada, Middle East, Gulf War, Iraqi
Barkley,
Let me ask you the question. Should the Serbs retreat and stop
trying to oust the KLA and their Albanian supporters? You realize I
know that that would bring about the extermination of the Serbs in
Kosovo. Once the bombing started what alternative did the Serbs
have?
Paul
Paul
Max Sawicky wrote:
A few factoids-cum-notes, none of which bear on whether NATO
should be in Yugoslavia:
1. Since the mid-80's the economic policy of the U.S. cannot be
said to conform to any sort of military Keynesianism, since the
basic drive has been for deficit reduction.
Max wrote:
6. Military Keynesianism may have meant something back in the
1950's, or in 1962 when defense/GDP was near ten percent.
It is next to impossible to figure out the real motives behind intervention
in the Balkans, since American foreign policy decisions are made in secret.
That was
Yoshie,
I am someone who opposes the US actions in
Kosovo and who (unfortunately accurately) forecast
that the bombing would bring about the very humanitarian
catastrophe that it was allegedly implemented to prevent.
I also agree with much of your analysis of the reasons
for the
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Look at the following: An interesting similarity to the stuff Doug
posted from the Trotskyite web paper -- fascinating analysis once you
filter out the boiler plate. In this case the boilerplate is not
Trotksyite blather but the assumption U.S. intentions are always
virtuous...
I of course am
Max writes:
Oh. Well, if the Fed budget stays as high as 20 percent of GDP, then the
military budget would still be quite a bit smaller than it was in 1986, and
still a shadow of itself in 1960, relative to GDP.
Which gives you an idea of how far we have to go to get back to military
The Repugs are passing a budget. I have not heard much about it. I
assume that it is bad. Might the budget be the quid for their quo in
accepting Clinton's leadership in Kosovo, or do they just want to let
him hang himself with this policy, which will probably fail?
--
Michael Perelman
By 2003, MK will be in full swing with military expenditure again at
25% of GDP.
This would make military spending larger than the entire current
Federal budget. It is as crazy as anything said on PEN-L this
past week. Which says a lot.
I meant to say 25% of the Federal
Following in a list of resources on Kosovo from the Red Rock Eaters list, a
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Interesting note at the beginning as well. -- Nathan Newman
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Max Sawicky wrote:
In that sense, your are correct to observe that its role has
shifted from domestic economic stimulant to global geopolitical
weaponry. But the very nature of war has changed, the link
between economic warfare and physical conflicts has become
continuous.
Whatever
Max's note on military Keynesianism brings up a useful point. Back in
the good old days, military Keynesianism had a Keynesian component. In
other words, the idea was to create an economy with a solid employment
base. Militarism was a convenient, albeit not courageous, means of
accomplishing
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Max Sawicky wrote:
By 2003, MK will be in full swing with military expenditure again at
25% of GDP.
This would make military spending larger than the entire current
Federal budget. It is as crazy as anything said on PEN-L this
past week. Which says a lot.
I meant to say 25% of the
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