Re: Qaeda at Work (was the Iraqi resistance at work)
On Nov 21, 2006, at 6:01 PM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote:
So, to be clear, they deliberately refused to hear from those who
told them not to do what they were planning, because it was obvious what
would happen. Now why would they have done this?
Because they really believed their own propaganda. Because they were
a small, self-reinforcing circle of know-it-alls. They didn’t listen
to people who knew anything because they thought it was going to be a
“cakewalk.” Remember? I didn’t think this was controversial, but
evidently it is to some.
Then why did they drive a huge increase in state investment in the
US economy?
Huh? Federal nonmilitary spending is 2.3% of GDP, unchanged since the
mid/late 1990s, and below what it was when Daddy Bush left office
(2.5% - Clinton took it down to 2.1% in 1997, and it rose to 2.2% as
he was heading for the exit).
Why the military Keynesianism?
They want to build a lot of weapons, and threaten and kill people who
get in their way. That’s obvious. They haven’t been very good at
winning wars though, have they?
I don’t doubt that the Bush administration is capable of all manner
of fecklessness and stupidity, but they know their interests. And so far, because
people keep underestimating them, they keep getting away with it: as will the
Dems.
You certainly have an original view of US politics. Most people here
think the Bush admin is crippled, and will not be able to accomplish
anything on their agenda for the next two years. We’ll see who’s right.
Doug