Elite opinion is *not* turning agaisnt the war, they just think Bush has fucked up what could have been a perfectly good colonial venture. Kerry promises a better war than Bush's, with more troops, and other goodies. The so called elites who are now crowing about how Bush handled the war are a bunch of hypocrites. They supported the bombing of Afghanistan, and supported Bush's war on Iraq. Both wars were legitimated uder the rubric of the war on terror. Which all good liberals support they just don't like the way Bush is going about it. Why did he lie about it? Because Bush lie about everything, as do most politicians. It is a built in condecension towards the general populace, just like parents who unecessarily lie to their kids. At any rate, they *knew* he was lying abnout WMD (unles they are admitting having been outwitted by the so-called 'village idiot'. And if your boy Kerry wins, this will become his war as surely as LBJ's Vietnam became Nixon's war.
>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] its the economy
>Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 12:57:27 -0400
>
>Joseph Wanzala wrote:
>
>>That the USA is entangled in a vicious war in Iraq is not the fault of
>>President Bush, but of America’s economic system. Without wars, America’s
>>unbridled brand of capitalism can no longer function properly. Every
>>tenant of the White House is aware of this and must act accordingly, and
>>it does not matter at all if his name is Bush or Clinton, or if his party
>>affiliation is Republican or Democrat.
>
>Hmm, so why did Bush have to lie his way into the war, why is elite opinion
>turning against the war, and why is oil at $40?
>
>Doug
>
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