RE: [Marxism] US Election This Month!

["Jose G. Perez" <elgusanorojo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony Abdo writes, "And right now, the US ruling class is deeply split
between charging violently ahead behind Bush, or growing that backbone
for the Democratic Party to once again declare to the est of the
world... The Old Ways Were Better!"

Tony I think you are mistaken on this. I do not perceive any serious
division anywhere in ruling class circles on Iraq. The decision to "stay
the course" is unanimous: the consequences of pulling out from Iraq --
admitting defeat -- are too catastrophic to contemplate.

The divisions on occupation tactics seem to be narrowing by the day.
Bush has adopted Kerry's program. The U.N. will run the "government"
transition and provide "political" cover; the number of U.S. troops is
up to around 160,000, including mercenaries. And on personnel, Bremer
has already been turned into a lame duck, and given what Rumsfeld said
about there being even worse pictures and videos that haven't come out
yet, I think he will resign just as soon as they're sure that everything
that needs to be out is out, so that the media can declare "this dark
chapter in our nation's history is over." My guess is the pics will be
out by mid-week, and the resignation within two days, probably on
Friday.

What Bush doesn't have is Kerry's smarts. The real decision the ruling
class faces is whether to torpedo Bush along with Rummy, which I think
sincerely they'd rather NOT do but may have to, whether to torpedo
Kerry, or do it the old fashioned way and let the U.S. voters decide
which one of them fools them better.

José



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