[Marxism] The Long War: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and more ahead

[sabocat59@xxxxxxx]

Amazing. Even though Hayden finally mentions Obama's name in an article 
critical of US counterinsurgency policy, he does so only to pin the blame on 
everyone but him, from an "uninformed" public to the republicans. Naw, it aint 
Obama's fault. 



http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13708

Even if President Obama wishes to carry out a strategic retreat from "the 
sorrows of empire," he will be faced with significant pressure from elements of 
the military-industrial complex, and the lack of an informed public. The path 
of least resistance, it may appear to Obama in the short run, is incremental 
escalation (sending 20,000 additional Americans) while stepping up the search 
for a patchwork diplomatic fix. But incremental escalation can be like another 
drink for an alcoholic, and even that strategy would require a stepping back 
from the doctrine of the Long War. Hawks at the American Enterprise Institute 
and their allies like John McCain and Joe Lieberman are pushing for victory 
instead of face-saving diplomacy.  
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