[PEN-L:34171] Re: RE: Turkey, again.......

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Devine, James wrote:

> My statement was too weak. The IMF is not simply a collection
> agency. Like its masters at the US Treasury, it's also a
> highly-ideological crusader for extending the power of the financial
> interests. Like the crusaders of old, it has the power to burn
> Constantinople.

Well not exactly - that's what the Pentagon is for. As Noam Chomsky
told me once, "Most of the time, the IMF can do the work, but every
now and then you need the Marines."

Doug