[lbo-talk] Let Ralph Debate in 2004

[Joseph Wanzala]

the historical evidence has shown that one area where the Democrats are very 
bit as hawkish and insane as any Republican administration is Foreign 
Policy. I would urge you, rather than seeking drugs fixes, to go and do some 
homework on US policy in Africa and South America under the Democrats. 
Indeed, Clinton presided over a cynical US policy in Africa's Great Lakes 
region, contributing heavily to the tragic situation that has been unfolding 
in the Congo and Rwanda in the last decade. In Colombia the Clinton 
administration assiduously pursued the war on drugs (interchangeable and now 
being conflated with the war on terror).

The ease of the US invasion of Iraq was largely made possible by the strict 
implementation of illegal sanctions, including the almost daily bombings in 
the no-fly zone, by the Clinton administration which greeatly weakened the 
Iraqi state and tortured the Iraqi population. Let us also not forget the 
cruel and insane bombing of Yugoslavia by the Democrats cheered on by the 
human-rights hucksters. I am no more under any illusion (or drug influence) 
about the Replicans anymore than I am about Bush. There is nothing in Dean's 
record or platform that suggests he will be any better than either Clinton 
or Bush on Foreign Policy.

Joe W.
>From: Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Let Ralph Debate in 2004
>Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:28:27 -0800 (PST)
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>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Joseph Wanzala wrote:
>
> > The so-called war on terror will continue apace under whoever is
> > elected in 2004, and may well extend to other part of the globe, esp.
> > Colombia, Venezuela and parts of Africa.
> >
>
>I'm fond of sociological "trager" explanations, but this goes too
>far for even me.  A second term, emboldened Bush with neocons running
>the show vs. somebody like Dean?  Either you don't appreciate
>how fucking insane and militaristic the Bush Cabal is, or I need
>some of whatever drug you're heavily into.
>
>Miles
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