A-list message, [A-List] Re: Reply to a right-wing trade unionist

Hey Rob;

Since we are down to "guessing wildly", here is
my entry.
The US, plus its more forward thinking allies, knowing something of the
state of the worlds' oil reserves, and a good bit about the global crisis of
capital nicely underway; and perhaps feeling that they , during the 90's,
have under-achieved in taking full advantage of the fall of the Soviet
Union, decide that the time has come to change the world.
Something on the
world-historical level of Adi's attempt on the Soviet Union.
One quick series of moves, and the whole world will have to apply to them
for everything from jet fuel to kerosene.Chinas' future looked after, the EU
reminded of basics, Russia boxed....The UN re-trained as the cleaning
lady...

They might also have considered the growing global challenge to their
unworkable system, and thought some about the inconveniences in their
Constitution, (the stuff about trials, proof and whatnot.)Maybe how to get
Congress to loot Social Security to buy weapons.

They had some major assets, of course.
The Clinton years weren't a complete loss, several new carrier groups,
smart bombs, CNN, nice start on amending international law......And, maybe
the key to the mix, Al-Quaida. This organization has served the Empire well
since they facilitated it: the Soviets
bled and beat, the Balkans made Capital-friendly,(Macedonia was invaded in
August(!) by an "army" which has big logistics and personnel from Osamas'
band of Islamic heroes). All of these services paid for by Saudi
money, including some princely petrodollars.
And the rocky patch in the middle, the embassy bombings, produced a reaction
that
is quite curious.... A few cruise missiles at an empty camp, and the
destruction of an un-licensed generic drug manufacturer in Sudan.That
Clinton was a real wus.
Osama becomes a media figure in America....the face of evil, the
personification of un-reasoning, fanatical Islam.("Save image as....")
This episode does not prevent further co-operation, however, nor does it
induce America to moderate its opposition to Moscow's war in
Chechnya.....against Wahhabi organizations allied to .....of course, Osama
bin-Laden.CIA couldn't do anything about him.Not enough money!
Then in July, Osama gets dialysis from the American Hospital in Dubai, and
a box of chocolates instead of a bullet from the CIA Station chief
there.....this after the US, having made him Americas' most wanted, have
turned down an offer to have him extradited from Sudan...("...who knew...?")

Back to Washington in September, where the boys are trying to figure out how
to secure the support of the American people for their plan to cancel the UN
charter, the Bill of Rights, and the tickets of oil-patch regimes.....Tough
sell, cold.

Just then, Rumsfeld, staring disconsolately out the window, sees salvation
approaching in the form of a Boeing 727.....

Problem solved.

And in the Mid-East, a day or two of jubilation, overtaken by a more sober
assessment. "....Oh shit, and us without an air force..."

Osamas' War...and as you have rightly said, it was inevitable.Of course, we
don't know how the movie ends yet, but this opening scene is as good as it
could be for the owners of the world.
However you slice it , Osamas last production is even more useful to the
Great Satan than the stellar service he has rendered in the recent
past....No doubt this is coincidence, blowback, the law of UN-intended
consequences....
And the man who presumably aimed at this result, hoping for a general
conflagration in the Muslim world, denies the act.Most of the Arab street
believes that he was not responsible.
Maybe because they have the same difficulty with the scenario that many of
us have....namely trying to see how anyone benefits from 9/11 except their
enemies.

Well. I guess you need a certain amount of luck to rule the world.

Bob