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McCain Strangelove

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Owen Lattimore said in 1949 that Asia was going to be out of control, and that the West might want to change its imperial policy from repression to negotiation. Great debates followed in the State department, and the repressors won. And here we are today, caught in a terrible bind. McCain is indeed selling the great lie that all our economic problems can, as usual, be solved by war. Behind the scenes the Neocons try with all their might to create the Clash of Civilizations they need in order to guarantee US hegemony in a world of conflict, hopefully resulting in an Orwelian confederation of oligarchies determined to protect their ruling classes from the rise of the Third World. A bizaare, Machiavellian venture, but one that puts us all at exceeding risk. Their failure could well mean a world in chaos. But like Curtis LeMay , who advised Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis to go nuclear no matter the consequences, in order to protect US honor, the Neocons are willing to go for broke at our expense. Kennedy and his cohort rejected LeMay, Dr. Strangelove, hastily. But he's still around, transformed only physically into John McCain.

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Since receiving his doctorate in sociology in 1968, David Weiner has worked as an educator, community organizer, corporate recruiter and trainer and management consultant. The first two of these pursuits have paid the least and been the most (more...)

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