[PEN-L:33320] Re: The choreography of war

["Seth Sandronsky" <ssandron@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dec. 22, 2002

Hi Chris,

CP is a big part of the war choreography in many ways.  One underreported 
way is his voicing of U.S. foreign policy to counter abroad the image of 
white supremacy, the ?white man?s burden? of militarily civilizing Iraqis.  
This card is hard to play at home with GOP leader Trent Lott in the Senate, 
which is why he had to go.  But what do I know?

Seth Sandronsky

The choreography of war
by Chris Burford
21 December 2002


What is chilling is how coherent the move to war against Iraq, and the
process of regional change in the Middle East, has become.

While Bush makes a show of letting the determinations of war take place
through the United Nations, and while, yes, there may be arguments within
the Defense Department about what size of force is needed for success, the
overwhelming picture is of a coordinated process, political, military and
economic. This includes variations in the stances of the different
imperialist/capitalist states. The fact that the position of the UK and the
USA is not identical just adds to the system being more coordinated.
Britain is prepared to play soft cop to Syria, and Iran.

Powell is prepared to be the judicious voice commenting on the procedure by
with the Security Counsel will go through a show of a due process, before
punishment is imposed by the executive arm of the United Nations, the
United States of America.

They have choreographed the presentation of a complex, but inevitable
process, shaping consensus for war. Even those opposed to war are coopted
into the same scenario by trying to modify it or mitigate it.

Look at how FYR of Macedonia has been quietly pacified and has slipped out
of the headlines.

Chris Burford

London



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