[lbo-talk] RE HOW THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT IS BLOWING IT: REVISITED

[N P Childs]

>npchilds at shaw.ca wrote:
>
> >Ummm, I have no idea what this means.
> >From: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:19:29 -0500
> >How are we 'profiting from US belligerence'?
>
>You have incomes close to U.S. levels, and profit from the Pentagon's
>defense of the global hierarchy, and the U.S. Treasury's defense of
>financial orthodoxy. Free-riders on imperialism, you are. You owe us
>some money!
>
>Doug

Sorry, spent busy weekend spent shovelling snow (yeah, snow) and now I'm 
about 2 days behind the thread.

Indeed, we are free riders, in fact we had to get a free ride to get our 
heavy equipment (ie. anything bigger than a jeep) to Afghanistan.

Just a part of the paradox of foreign policy that is Canada; we decline 
nuclear weapons in the 60's, then turn into a testing ground for the cruise 
in the 80's. Lots of talk about being a 'middle power' in a bi-polar world 
where, by definition, there was no middle.

Now, no idea what the hell to do, the decision on Iraq was one of the few 
times when the imperatives of trade policy didn't over ride a foreign 
policy decision.

Weird.

PC

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