[lbo-talk] Re: U.S. Rescue Bogs Down in Lebanon

[Robert Naiman]

I suppose that many of the Americans in question are not blondes who went to
the beach for a suntan, but Lebanese-Americans visiting their families back
home for part of the summer. Many of them, no doubt, will have a dim view of
their (U.S.) government as a result of what they are now experiencing, but I
suspect that many of them already had a dim view of the U.S. government's
policies in Lebanon.

Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:09:39 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] U.S. Rescue Bogs Down in Lebanon
>
>
> Perhaps I'm wrong.  Perhaps there'll be no perceptual
> repercussions.
>
> But...
>
>
> Many Americans nurture a subconscious vision of what
> their government will do to help them escape this sort
> of emergency.
>
> That vision - I suspect - involves carrier battle
> groups, fleets of helicopters, "military efficiency"
> (the final dream of an age bureaucratized into a
> stupendous inefficiency)...
>
> The elements of a Jerry Bruckheimer Summer-time
> blockbuster.
>
> Instead, they get busy signals, confusing directions
> and loan applications.
>
>
> Isn't this the last thing a government can fail at
> before the threads start to come loose?  You can't
> protect me, they'll say (though the corporate media
> will work to mask - there'll be photos of sun tanned
> blondes gratefully hugging square jawed marines in
> combat kit..watch your head Miss as you get into the
> Chinook).
>
>
>
> --
> Robert Naiman
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
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