Re: The Iraq Policy of the U.S. Ruling Class
On Apr 9, 2007, at 1:07 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
Presumably if there gets to be an elite consensus to bag it then the Democrats will fall happily into line. But for whatever reason, the factions or components of the American elite that wanted war with Iraq are apparently still dominant, and so that’s where the Dems, like the Repubs, are getting their marching orders.
Maybe I read too many newspapers and other current sources, at the
expense of those dispatches filed from beyond time, but the Dems look
pretty divided to me. Reid has just come around to a withdrawal
deadline, a position he rejected until about five days ago.
Doug