[lbo-talk] New Libyan Prime Minister is U.S. Citizen

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Nov 2 12:35:29 PDT 2011


On Nov 2, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> So what they won was assertion of their conservative foreign policy
> and beating the "chatterbox on the Potomac" into submission, which
> allow the to pass many reactionary "counter-terrorism" policies. Why
> do you think they made such a big deal of military tribunals and
> torture?

Yeah they won that, and Obama has deepened it, but so what? We're $3-5 trillion more in debt and U.S. power looks less than almighty.

Doug



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