negating non-intervention

John Gulick jlgulick at sfo.com
Mon Jan 1 14:17:39 PST 2001


What do folks make of the following ill-formed diagnosis ? Colin, Rumsfield, Condi and Co. are urging that US withdraw troops from Balkans in order to reallocate military resources to Latin America (to fight the ELN/FARC and to destabilize Chavez, using the former to do the latter and justifying doing the latter b/c of his reputed support of the ELN/FARC). This emergent shift in geographical orientation of US imperialism reflects not only Kissingerian (instead of corporate liberal) approach of Republican foreign policy establishment but also the likely increae in inter-imperialist tension when US' economy tanks -- and thus the world economy tanks. US will no longer be engine of growth in world economy like it has been since mid-1990's; EC and Asia will have less interest in allowing US access to EC and Asian markets when US markets are shrinking and the dollar is falling. The notion that there is now a coherent and self-conscious global capitalist class will be tested and pressures for protectionist bloc formation will increase. Bush and Co. anticipate this and are looking to apply US muscle more forcefully in "our "backyard" -- especially given Bush's ties to Mexico, Fox's recent election there, etc. Condi Rice likes to point out that Brazil is as big an export market for US capital as is the PRC, etc. Aggressive embrace of national missile defense as a big "fuck you" to the ABM treaty and its exponents among the elites of Asia and the EC, etc.

John Gulick



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