On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> >So the total solution from the US perspective would be a
> >policing/political solution, with politico-military war only necessary
> >in a case like Afghanistan -- where again, it will only be a success if
> >a legitimate state can be built.
>
> Then again, though, there is no success like failure, as failure
> provides a pretext for entrenchment of the presence of colonizers:
Which does them what good, precisely? They aren't better off ruling through compradors?
I thought most leftists had long ago decided that neo-colonialism was a more efficient form of exploitation than plain old fashioned colonialism. Are you arguing against that view?
Michael