[lbo-talk] dev'ts in world economy and foreign ownership

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Mon May 28 15:03:28 PDT 2007


On Monday 28 May 2007 16:49, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> US imperialists clearly underestimated the capacity for resistance,
> and willingness to resist, on the part of Iraqis and other Muslims....
> US imperialists ignored the counsel of French
> statesmen, who were speaking from experience:
>
> . . . Mr. Sarkozy has long defended France's decision
> to stay out of the war, citing the bitter lessons of his
> country's tortured history in Algeria and Vietnam.

I guess that's my question. If the French could figure it out, why couldn't our guys? What made the difference?



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