[lbo-talk] WMD redux

[Carrol Cox]

For 70 years the U.S., through every administration, has unrelentingly
pursued the premise that western domination of the Middle East is an
indisputable necessity. And I have seen no evidence that U.S. power (and
thus the power of international capital) at the present time is in any
danger. What to do with Syria is for the "leaders" of the west a mere
tactical question -- and unless domestic politics change rapidly, no outcome
of that tactical choice can make any great difference. And really, Joanna,
to posit "war profiteering" is a silly reduction to a crude economism. And
"conservative theory" has _no_ causative force; some will appeal to it after
the fact, but that is fluff.

Carrol


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> On Behalf Of JOANNA A.
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> 
> . It's a Reagan thing. Obama has no big picture but he has a
> committee of big picture types and he is trying to sort out a `consensus'
> big picture. Unfortunately, there is no big picture collage that seems to
> make sense, hence the foot dragging on every important issue. So whatever
> the decision, it won't make sense, because there is no sense to be made.
> 
> CG
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> 
> There's no big picture except war profiteering. But I do chuckle at the
fact
> that every U.S. mistake makes Russia stronger.
> 
> Joanna
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