----- Original Message ---- From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 1:31:30 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Obama: killing for 2012
It seems to me that so far the Bush/Obama Administration is a roaring success. U.S. troops are (for the time veing) permanently established in Iran, with a reasonably 'safe' government 'in charge' there. That war has been won (though like most wars it can always be reopened). It probably could not have been launched except by an Administration able to ignore nuances & barge ahead regardless of world opinion, and it required a better and more sophisticated "Man in Chargae" (Obama) to 'finalize' the deal as they say in business. And now, with t troop needs and scare headlines both reduced in Iran, Obama can turn the full u.s. power on pacifying Afghanistan. The population is small enough there so methods of mass slaugher will not appear to be such.
All is well in the best of all possible worlds.
Carrol
P.S. It is pointless to argue that Brzezinski's views are wrong, since that isn't the question. The question is why the U.S. is acting in a certain way. Brzezinski explains that. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk