Fwd: BOUNCE lbo-talk at lists.panix.com: Non-member submission from [Bradford DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu>]

[Doug Henwood]

>Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 14:47:48 -0700
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>From: Bradford DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu>
>Subject: RE: Why U.S. supports Israel
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>>How about potential left-nationalist revolutions in Jordan or Lebanon?
>
>As opposed to, say, a left-nationalist Ba'ath revolution in Syria or
>Iraq? Left-nationalist revolutions don't seem of much concern--and
>using the Israeli Army to overthrow left-nationalist regimes seems
>likely to create a lot of trouble elsewhere in the Middle East.
>
>>
>>How about an OBL takeover in S.A.?
>
>Touche. But using the Israeli Army--rather than our own--would run
>the risk of producing a *real* clash of civilizations...
>
>>
>>How about accepting the role of bad guy and bombing
>>locales for producing weapons of mass destruction in,
>>say, Iraq?
>
>Touche...
>
>>
>>Just to take some wild hypotheticals, how about being a transfer
>>point for shipment of U.S. arms to people the U.S. would rather
>>not be seen associating with, like the Ayatollah, apartheid
>>South Africa, or right-wing death squads in South/Latin America?
>
>You want *me* to see this as a plus? As something in the U.S.'s
>national interest?
>
>
>Brad DeLong