[lbo-talk] Straw in the wind: Republican base dividing on Iraq

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jun 20 10:29:05 PDT 2005


Chip Berlet wrote:


>Oh, sure. Your right. There is and will be a loss of political
>momentum for the Bush coalition, but I don't think it is the
>"flameout" of the poltical right. The term flameout comes from jets
>losing thrusting power in the engine. I just think they will circle
>for awhile while a new navigation course based on coalition
>compromise gets devised.

You may be right - I'd never want to underestimate their staying power. But...things have been going their way since the late 1970s. They won't go their way forever, will they? Maybe, to use a phrase George Soros almost used at the CFR before censoring himself, they've shot their wad.

Doug



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