On Jun 7, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> ... Did the US as such -- assuming there is such a thing, possessing
> the
> capacity for action -- then act against its own interests? Or
> at random, without regard for its interests? Or did one
> gang of elite gangsters have an interest that the other gangs
> didn't share...?
>
Bingo. The whole business was and is a looting operation. Think
Cheney/Halliburton. Think Blackwater and hundreds of other
"contractors." Tens of billions stolen--from US taxpayers. The
Iraqi, Afghani,--and American--dead? Collateral damage. Insignificant.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos