The New Crusade

Gordon Fitch gcf at panix.com
Thu May 16 14:44:02 PDT 2002


THE NEW CRUSADE
> > > By Jack A. Smith
> > > Why, aside from providing the American people with an eye-for-an-eye
> > > moment of cathartic revenge and to launch a series of unjust wars, did
> > > the Bush administration bomb and invade Afghanistan into submission?

Dennis Perrin wrote:
> > So happy to see the "left" still asking such penetrating questions, and for
> > using the term "revolt" (as does Smithy further down) to describe the 9/11
> > attacks, which not only puts them in line with Wahabbi enthusiasts, but also
> > various neo-Nazi groups. Oh, if only the Taliban and their al-Qaeda chums
> > were still running Afghanistan and spreading more of their anti-imperial
> > "revolt" our way!

Chuck Munson:
> Chomsky answered this question late last year. He argued that the U.S. was
> like the Mafia: they beat up the weakest guy on the block to set an
> example for everybody else.

And by the same imperial/Mafioso logic, they have their own morale to protect and inflate. After 9/11 the big dog had not not only show others he was still the big dog, but show himself as well.



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