[lbo-talk] ruling class

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>That's because civilians are (usually) sensible enough not to ask the 
>>armed forces to do anything they don't want to do.
>
>I thought the military didn't like the idea of invading Iraq.
>
>>Who wouldn't follow "orders" when they entail getting so much for so 
>>little?
>
>So far, 2,325 of them have died in Iraq, and 16,253 have been injured, 
>according to my casualty widget. And uncounted numbers are suffering severe 
>psychological damage. While that's a fraction of the damage Iraqis have 
>suffered, it's a lot more than a little.

I said the military is *usually* not asked to do things they don't want to.  
There is no denying that -- after all the military's "shock and awe" 
strutting around in Iraq -- this particular escapade has blown up in their 
face.  In fact, it seems to me they could be on the glide path now for Son 
of the Battle of Stalingrad, with US forces in Iraq being surrounded and 
annihilated.

In short, I don't think the US military is happy now at all.  Whether they 
continue to view their "orders" as anything more than mere guidelines does 
remain to be seen.

Carl