[lbo-talk] The very worst custodians of empire

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sun Jun 25 08:57:41 PDT 2006


I don't want to stress my left elbow by developing an argument for this but will be content with a flat proposition in the form of a flat prediction.

Looking back on the Iraq war from 10 or more years in the future it will be obvious that it was the U.S. not the Bush Administration which launched the war, and that it represented the best judgment of all concerned in 'ruling-class' politics of what was _needed_ to preserve u.s. hegemony.

Blaming Bush is a version of the cult of personality, no more intelligent, probably less intelligent, than other versions of that cult in other times or places.

The War makes sense from the viewpoint of u.s. imperialism.

Placing the emphasis on Bush is simply another way of pimping for the Democratic Party and delaying the emergence of any real left in the u.s.

Carrol



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