[Marxism] James Petras on ruling class divisions over Plamegate

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

The CIA is deeply offended by the neocon usurpation of their intelligence
role, their direct channels to the President, their loyalty to Israel. The
military is extremely angry at their exclusion from the councils of
government over questions of war, the disastrous war policy which have
depleted the armed forces of recruits, devastated troop morale, and the
neocons' grotesque ignorance of the costs of a colonial occupation. It is
no wonder that General Tommy Frank referred to Douglas Feith as "the
stupidest bastard I have ever met."

The current institutional war recalls an earlier conflict between the
rightwing Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Defense Department. At the time
during the mid 1950's, Senator McCarty was accumulating power first by
purging trade unions, Hollywood, the universities, and promoting likeminded
conservative officials. He successfully extended his investigations and
purges to the State Department and finally tried to do the same to the
military. It was here that Senator McCarthy met his Waterloo, his attack
backfired, the Army stood its ground, refuted his accusations and
discredited his fabrications and grab for power.

full: http://www.counterpunch.org/petras11032005.html

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