Re: [Pen-l] The lessons of Yugoslavia

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

how does the US control over Germany's elite fit with Germany's
opposition to the US war against Iraq? and with the view that
inter-imperialist rivalry between Germany and the US encouraged the
former to meddle in Yugoslavian affairs, splitting off Croatia and
Slovenia?

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Peter Hollings <phollings@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Louis --
>
> Thanks for the interesting review. As I was reading the account "Germany
> Drops a Match," I was thinking about how neatly the basis for a NATO
> intervention was laid. I thought that perhaps part of the explanation might
> be in Germany's secret obligations to the US as recounted in a book by the
> former head of the German Defense Ministry's Security Service:
>
> "That is what Mr. Komossa`s book is all about. A state pact dated May, 21,
> 1949, which received the "highest confidence level" category in the
> country's Federal Intelligence Service, contains restrictions on the
> Germany`s sovereignty until 2099. The pact reads that the ally countries
> have total control over German mass media and communications. Each federal
> chancellor must sign the so-called "chancellor act" before taking office.
> The country`s gold reserves are seized by the ally countries. Indeed, all
> German chancellors, including the incumbent, Angela Merkel, paid their first
> foreign visits to the Washington. The U.S. Administration continues to
> meddle in Germany`s home affairs. All political parties in the FRG are under
> U.S. control, and the so-called "licensed" press in Germany turned out to be
> even a more devious method of brainwashing than it used to be under the Nazi
> regime. The territories of the FRG remain under U.S. occupation. This all
> could have been treated as a figment of somebody's imagination if we knew
> nothing about the author of the book."
>
> The book is reviewed at:  http://en.fondsk.ru/print.php?id=1306 .
>
> Peter Hollings
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pen-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pen-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Louis Proyect
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:18 AM
> To: Progressive Economics
> Subject: [Pen-l] The lessons of Yugoslavia
>
> The Lessons of Yugoslavia
> by Louis Proyect
>
> David Gibbs, First Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention and the
> Destruction of Yugoslavia (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press,
> forthcoming, June 2009).
>
> [snip]
>
> full: http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/proyect300309.html
> _______________________________________________
>
> _______________________________________________
> pen-l mailing list
> pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
>



-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
_______________________________________________
pen-l mailing list
pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l