[lbo-talk] Re: WBAI's ambitions

[Brad DeLong]

>Bradford DeLong wrote:
>
>>Perhaps the most depressing sign are the actions of our dear friend 
>>Arik, who sees the fall of Saddam Hussein as an excuse to double 
>>the pace of west-bank settlement. I suspect that the PA's tilt 
>>toward Saddam was large enough to give the neocons in the Bush 
>>Administration an excuse to break every single promise about 
>>Palestine Bush has just made Blair...
>
>Or maybe Bush approves of everything Arik is doing and then some. 
>The Perle cabal is more comfy with Netanhayu, no? The "civilian" 
>leader of Iraq, Gen Jay Garner (Ret) is a big fan of the hardest 
>line. (Speaking of whom, I just discovered 
><http://www.stopjaygarner.com>.)
>
>Doug

In my nightmares...

The fact that historically the Bush family has had... close... ties 
with the Al-Saud makes me think it unlikely. But George W. Bush may 
well be an idiot who thinks that Arik is a friendly guy who is 
fighting the same war against the PA that he is fighting against Al 
Qaeda and Saddam Hussein..

Brad DeLong