[lbo-talk] 2004-8 (Out of Iraq)

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Wed Oct 6 20:59:51 PDT 2004


Marvin wrote:


>I thought you were suggesting the US was going to plunge ever more
>deeply into crisis. It's a conditioned response to your posts. :)

I don't recall announcing any crisis here or elsewhere. Rather, I try to point to objective and subjective weaknesses in the enemy camp that open up spaces for political organizing.


>You may be right, but I don't think these situations -- especially
>Iraq -- can go on indefinitely without resolution one way or
>another, and their outcomes are impossible to predict.

Insurgency and counter-insurgency in Iraq is something of a new phenomenon. Insurgency is divided into numerous small political currents, none of which can claim political leadership over the majority of Iraqis. Counter-insurgency is also hobbled by lack of manpower, caused by Americans' reluctance to resume the draft. That's a situation that is difficult to resolve in favor of either side. -- Yoshie

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