Reminds me of the movie, Burn.
Max Sawicky wrote:
> << Long ago, Adam Smith observed that the occupation of a country was not
> necessarily the most efficient method of control. Blair and Clinton have
> both
> said that they will do nothing to rebuild Serbia with Milosevic in charge.
>
> I presume that they will let the population rot until Serbia offers
> compliant
> leadership. >>
>
> Quite so, but just what is it about Yugoslavia minus Kosovo
> that you think Blair and Clinton are determined to change?
> What specific institutions or economic relations were the mote
> in capitalism's eye? I'd really like to know, especially
> because with all the wailing about imperialist designs
> on Serbia, nobody ever let on just what the specific
> economic goals were, except for talk of seizing the mines
> in Kosovo or controlling the Danube, neither of which our
> most informed colleagues (e.g., Barkley and Phillips) on
> the Balkans seemed to buy into.
>
> I would take odds on a bet that C&B will let Milo run out
> his string because they have no fundamental differences.
> Serbia before March was part of the neo-liberal new
> world order and will remain so. The only wrinkle is
> they have engineered his indictment as a war criminal,
> but these things can be smoothed over.
>
> mbs
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