[lbo-talk] Fwd: [PEN-L] Blaming the lobby

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Sun Mar 26 23:10:59 PST 2006


Carrol Cox wrote:


>Julio Huato wrote:
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>>Massad's critique of M&W's paper misses the main points: that the
>>policies the U.S. follows in the Middle East, whether or not
>>determined by the influence of the Israel lobby, *contradict* the
>>interest of the U.S. capitalists taken as a whole,
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>This is little short of a claim to divine inspiration. Neither let
>critics nor ruling class intellectuals can reach any consensus whatever
>on what is "the interest of the u.s. capitalists." It is unbelievable
>arrogance for any one person to claim that he KNOWS what that interest
>is.
>
This is so tiresome Carol. So very, very tiresome. Let's just say that Julio is starting a conversation about what those interests might be. It really bothers me when you attempt to put a stop to conversations before they even start.

Joanna


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