[lbo-talk] more on lunatic state

[Carrol Cox]

I can't remember the particulars (or the source) but I recall Nixon
being quoted as declaring this an actual policy: Making other  states
fearful of what the U.S. might do.

Carrol

Mark Bennett wrote:
> 
> I don't know where Finkelstein may have found the particulars relating to
> his statement, but Chomsky has been employing this trope for decades, t
> claiming that the U.S. has cultivated an unpredictable, "madman" image to
> unnerve its enemies.  I don't have a specific source at hand, but I'm sure
> that it can be found in virtually any of Noam's many volumes.