> I agree and think that this is very important. In
> fact I think that the domestic political advantage
> was an even more important factor in the war on
> Iraq than anything else. With the war in Afghanistan
> over, folks were starting to refocus on the economy
> and other domestic issues. Instead, Bush got a
> Republican Senate, and very likely a second term
> also, unless the economy really does tank. This
> may not quite be fascism, but the War On Terror has
> clearly replaced the Cold War for keeping people
> in line ideologically and politically.
> Barkley Rosser
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In a bizarre enantiodromia, those on the Right who for decades have said that the government is the enemy have now made it a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially for US leftists.
Ian