[lbo-talk] Bromovich on Obama

Carl G. Estabrook galliher at illinois.edu
Tue Jul 17 16:43:57 PDT 2012


What nonsense. Wilson was vicious imperialist, as shown by his actions in Haiti and in manipulating an anti-war populace into WWI. ("He kept us out of war!")

It's true that his combination of mendacity and war-crimes resembles Obama's.

On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n13/david-bromwich/diary
>
> Another peace president who became a war president – but a larger
> affinity may be noticed. Wilson and Obama share an odd quirk of the
> national character, a blend of high resolve and extreme detachment,
> romantic idealism and an almost opaque unconcern with follow-through.
>
> --
> Wojtek
>
> "An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."
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