Re: AUT: RE: antiwar movement

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Seay wrote:

>I am sorry.  As some of you know, I tried to defend
>Negri's thesis for as long as possible, but this is
>just bullshit.  This war was not about the
>transnational co-operation of the bourgeoisies to
>invade Iraq.  It is about the extension of American
>power, with the help of a few lackey nations. Anyone
>with a passing knowledge of the neo-conservative
>ideology should know this by now, but I am afraid
>Negri is just too in love with his theory to amend it.

But hasn't the messiness of the occupation shown some of the limits
to unilateral U.S. power, and the importance of unity among the major
imperial powers? And by pushing the unilateralism so hard, hasn't the
Bush admin undermined the legitimacy of U.S. power with both elites
and masses around the world? It's like the Bush admin was lost in
some 19th century dream of colonial conquest but the 21st century has
caught up with them.

Doug


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