Re: missing hegemon at the CFR
On May 23, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
Doug Henwood wrote: >
Eh? How do you figure that? The subtext was that the invasion of Iraq was in no small part responsible for the U.S.’s weakened political position and the widespread antagonism towards us. Fixing that situation, insofar as it can be fixed at all, requires making nice with the rest of the world.
It does not follow from this (”the invasion of Iraq was in no small
part responsible for the U.S.’s weakened political”) that the remedy is either to get out of Iraq or to make nice. It could just as well
follow from it that it is necessary for the u.s. to invade both Iran and
Syria. Many high-positioned supporters of the Vietnam War doubted that it had been a good idea to begin with. Many now doubtless feel that however stupid the Iraq invasion was, fleeing would be even worse.
Is the U.S. still in Vietnam? The stakes were so high, how could they
have withdrawn?
Doug