[lbo-talk] Are We Going to Attack Iran?

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Sun Jul 15 18:41:58 PDT 2007


On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 15:35 -0700, Mike Ballard wrote:
> On Jul 15, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Robert Wrubel wrote:
>
> > Can anyone suggest a plausible
> > strategic vision that would be served by this plan?

Noam Chomsky's "demonstration effect" idea has some merit, I think -- you can't let anybody get away with thumbing his nose at The Hegemon.

But this stuff is always over-determined, and between the Israel lobby and the oild boys, there's no shortage of determination.



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