[lbo-talk] Carol Brightman on U.S. bases in Iraq

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun May 14 08:31:13 PDT 2006


Colin Brace wrote:


>Doug, you argued vehemently against this idea some weeks ago. Still
>think it is unthinkable?

I suppose anything's possible but it just doesn't make sense to me. How can you control a country in a civil war? How can you produce and export oil when all around things are blowing up? How can you gain propaganda victories when it looks like you've unleashed a shitstorm? It doesn't seem like a rational imperial policy - but it must be conceded that the imperium isn't being run by rational people right now.

Doug



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