[lbo-talk] "There are gray areas in war"

[wrobert at uci.edu]

This response ruthlessly undercuts the agency of Toonces in this entire
situation.  It is true that this agency is both constructed and restrained
by social conditions, but it exists nonetheless, like a bright olympic
torch of... agency.  Ignoring it would be catastrophic.  For shame sir,
for shame....  robert wood


> NO, Chriss.  As I have said numerous times on this list, only, I
> repeat ONLY, when US leftists learn to accept that Toonces armed
> forces is the servant of global Toonces capital, will US leftists
> begin to grapple with their moral obligations in reigning in the
> bloodthirsty driving-cat menace to human survival.  A left that
> ignores Toonce capital is NO LEFT, which cannot exist anyway, due to
> the inherent material conditions of Toonces.
>
>
>> Sigh. No, Toonces' armed forces are there mainly because a city full
>> of car-driving cats just got the shit blown out of it. Not
>> everything is about geopolitics.
>>
>> --- On Fri, 8/15/08, martin <mschiller at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> They are all there because the USG/western capital is
>>> encroaching and
>>> thereby provoking a reaction. I presume this is the result
>>> of Iran and
>>> Russia developing stronger ties in the face of USG calls
>>> for trade
>>> sanctions, etc.
>>>
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