----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:21 PM Subject: RE: Up and down the road to a big anti-war movement
> 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.
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And how do you keep the money from going to the top 15% of the populace and setting off yet another iteration of the kinds of failed states that we've seen over the last 30 years?
>
> 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
>
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I doubt the Bushies would want to do anything inconsistent with my first points above, so that it's another money in-money out game.
Ian