[lbo-talk] Inaguguration and terror Tuesdays

[Carrol Cox]

Chomsky's aphorism holds: War Criminal is part of the job definition of U.S.
president. That said, the probability is that the Republicans in power would
be _less_ apt to engage in military adventures than the DP. Other
differences would be minor-- mostly rhetorical or cultural.

Carrol


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> Subject: [lbo-talk] Inaguguration and terror Tuesdays
> 
> I watched Democracy Now this morning. A big mistake since it had a long
> story on Obama's Inaguguration to a packed mall. There are that many
> delusional people?
> 
> I decided that something else was going on. Obama doesn't matter. He does
> none of what he says and so on. So what is going on? I think it doesn't
> matter because the symbol of Obama is sufficient. It would be nice if
Obama
> was more than a symbol, but if not, then the symbol will do. This is only
> possible as long as Republicans remain in the mad house horror of an even
> worse racism, war, and irrationalism.
> 
> Terror Tuesdays. Amazing. The long segment with Jeremy Scahill is worth
the
> time. The war on terror is part night raids carried out with Navy Seals
and
> drone strikes.
> 
> And then compared to what? To Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter? Oliver
> Stone and Peter Kuznick's Untold History makes for a very long list of the
> same, now lesser, now greater, but never much off center.
> 
> CG
> 
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