Up and down the road to a big anti-war movement

[Max Sawicky]

Just pretend Afghanistan needs more or less what any other
poor screwed up country needs, only more so because of
a) the damage wrought by two decades of war; and b) the
obligation of the U.S. to compensate the innocent for the
costs of its military mission.

That means aid, technology transfer, & relaxation of
intellectual property (particularly in the pharmaceutical
and agri areas).  I presume Afgh has no debt so
debt relief is not at issue, though easy credit terms for
development loans could be.

You don't have to get into nation-building.  Moreover, I very
much doubt the depth of commitment of the Bushies to
nation-building, so it's less of a concern for that reason as
well.

mbs

 
> That's a critically important point except lot's of the younger
> participants in the meta-globalization movement deplore the
> kakistocracy in DC as much as the corporations so there'd be quite a
> bit of dissonance brought forth in calling for a 21st century version
> of nation building. Also, the discussion would invariably drift
> towards the rightness or wrongness of US military action because as
> many on the list have pointed out USer's engage in moralisms, often
> despite themselves. How to fractalize this square will be tricky. How
> could we make the case    Ian