[lbo-talk] Hersh: How a secret Pentagon program came to AbuGhraib.

[Carl Remick]

>From: Jon Johanning <jjohanning at igc.org>
>
>Yes, the idea of unilateral U.S. disarmament is a dream (though my friends 
>and I spent quite a bit of time going around advocating it during the 
>Vietnam War era), but as long as we're dreaming, let's go for the jackpot: 
>a real "United Nations," with a peace-keeping force under democratic 
>control of these nations, which in turn are under democratic control of 
>their populations.
>
>Thirty-plus years ago, during and in the wake of Vietnam, there was a fair 
>amount of active discussion of the subject in progressive circles, 
>especially in Scandinavia, but as far as I can tell it's not getting much 
>attention these days. I guess folks gave up on the problem then, and it's 
>time for a new generation to start thinking about it.
>
>Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org

IMO, the outlook is favorable for a fair amount of US public soul-searching 
about the function of the military and America's overall role in the world 
-- maybe even questioning of US capitalism itself.  It is increasingly clear 
that the Iraqi debacle will not just finish George Bush, but will also end 
the era of US braggadocio that began with Reagan.  I believe the left now 
faces its best opportunities in many, many years.

Carl

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