Rogue States

[Max Sawicky]

In regard to the North Korea palaver, there is what I
think is an important article in the Post today that
ventilates elite criticism of the 'rogue state' concept,
which concept is used to rationalize the funding of
anti-missile defense systems.

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14527-2000May26.html

An unrelated piece that similarly assaults elite wisdom
is a column by the Prince of Darkness, Robert Novak, that
discusses the neglect of Seymour Hersh's book on a U.S.
military massacre during the Gulf War (the "Highway of
Death" episode, when a retreating Iraqi column was
annihiliated), one in which Clinton drug general McCaffrey
and Colin Powell are
implicated.  Novak, for those who don't know, has always
had a heterodox, anti-zionist position on Middle East
issues.

A friend of mine with friends in military told me a while
back of discontent in the ranks with being ordered to
attack Iraqi soldiers who were basically running away.

mbs