[lbo-talk] daisy chain: clinton on obama on reagan

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 23 14:56:02 PST 2008


On Jan 23, 2008, at 5:45 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:


> In his book, The Mendacity of Hope, he writes "...perhaps the
> biggest casualty
> of [the Vietnam] war was the bond of trust between the American
> people and their
> government – and between American themselves ... Increasingly, many
> on the left
> voiced opposition not only to the Vietnam War but also to the
> broader aims of
> American foreign policy. In their view, President Johnson, General
> Westmoreland, the CIA, the ‘military industrial complex,’ and
> international
> institutions like the World Bank were all manifestations of
> American arrogance,
> jingoism, racism, capitalism and imperialism." Now, that's serious
> and has to be
> dealt with.

God, this is revolting stuff.

I do wonder how many Americans know what the World Bank is. Or how many would recognize the name of Westmoreland.

oug



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