A Modest proposal for the Empire

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Dec 28 15:31:04 PST 2001


Charles Brown wrote:


>At any rate, the main point I make is correct. The mental attitude
>of the ruling class post Sept. 11. in launching wars from its desk
>, as the poster to whom I was responding mentioned, is full of more
>military defeat than it has been for a long time

That's not the way they feel right now. They've shown the world once again that the U.S. military is a fearsomely destructive force, they've got a whole new array of repressive laws, and >90% approval ratings. Anyone who thinks 9/11 was a defeat for imperialism isn't looking very closely.

Doug



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list