>Clearly not a "commie", but he sees the same forces at work as does
>Michael Mann and Emmanuel Todd:
>
>Chalmers Johnson Interview on Empire, Blowback and a daffy President
>
>"As for further war in the Middle East, the people who have been making
>policy, concentrated above all in the Pentagon around people like Paul
>Wolfowitz and under the influence of Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice, have
>certainly proclaimed their desire to carry the war further. They are
>also deeply influenced by the right wing in Israel, by the Likud Party,
>the party of Ariel Sharon."
I'm running a long interview with Johnson on my radio show this coming Thursday. He blames U.S. imperialism more than Israeli influence, which might disappoint Cde Mayer.
Doug