[lbo-talk] This is WAR, sons!

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> CB: Yes, the Bushies and others like them need a replacement for the
Red
> Evil Empire to justify high levels of military spending. The "end of
Islamic
> terrorism" would create great pressure for a peace dividend. U.S.
policy has
> grown addicted to having a big "threat". Is the term
"military-industrial
> complex" still in vogue ?

There is a big difference between the cold war and the war on terrorism
- the former was fought mainly in board rooms with words, the other one
- in the field.  I think this war was the brain child of intellectuals
not the military commanders, especially neo-cons and Likudniks in the
Bush administration, and the military was not particularly gung-ho about
this war - as being humiliated by a bunch of militants is not the best
way to justify one's existence.  

Wojtek