[PEN-L:30441] RE: RE: Bushist militarism

[Bill Rosenberg <bill.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: Bushist militarism

It's terrifying stuff.

 

The strategy also includes a chapter called "Ignite a New Era of Global Economic Growth through Free Markets and Free Trade", thus formally uniting militarism with its trade and investment strategies.

 

Coincidentally I was just watching a strikingly topical episode of the BBC TV series "History of Britain". It was on how the British Empire explicitly used free trade and free markets (with the advantage of course of superior guns and technology, having wiped out large parts of India’s textile industry) accompanied by military suppression to subjugate Ireland and India in the 19th century, leading to rebellion and millions of deaths in famines in both countries. The imperial masters justified it in terms of bringing enlightenment and modern technology to the backward parts of the world.

 

Bill

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Devine, James [mailto:jdevine@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, 22 September 2002 04:01
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Subject: [PEN-L:30433] RE: Bushist militarism

 

>A senior White House official said Mr. Bush had edited the
document heavily "because he thought there were sections where we
sounded overbearing or arrogant."<

I don't believe that Dubya read any of this. He's too busy playing video golf and working out.

This whole document seems to "cross the Rubicon," transforming the U.S. from a "Republic to an Empire" as Rome did. (That line is from the fascistic Pat Buchanan, whose ideal Republic is white male McCarthyite conservative and Catholic. I am not referencing the recent book by Hardt & Negri.) This is the closest thing I've see to the U.S. declaring itself the World Government. I'm wondering when President Jenna Bush will appoint a horse to the Senate...

>Mr. Clinton's strategy dealt at length with tactics to prevent
the kind of financial meltdowns that threatened economies in Asia
and Russia. The Bush strategy urges other nations to adopt Mr.
Bush's own economic philosophy, starting with low marginal tax
rates. <

boy does this guy have a one-track mind!

JD