Unwinnable wars, etc.

[Roger Baker]

"...this may be happening again, Bush having
signed off for the military to conduct an
unwinnable war..."

Gratifying to see how quickly Mikey evolves from a fervent supporter of 
Bushwar as a means of slaughtering Arab evildoers to a doubter -- toward 
one who even suggests that bin Laden has snookered us into a trap with 
the help of conditioned reflex Pentagon power-junkies.

If Mike stumbles into the obvious, can the rest of the public be far 
behind?

Terrorism is a symptom (of decades of class oppression with the help of 
the CIA, the Pentagon. etc.) and not the disease.  To me this is a 
fascinating case of religion as a proxy for class conflict.

Since Bush can't admit that his real underlying motivations are 
nationalist corporate interests defined by the Chaney crowd, George has 
to spin the war as a quasi-religious war of "Infinite Justice" against 
"evildoers" in many unspecified countries.

Evildoers are Bushspeak for the growing alliance of typically Islamic 
victims of the corporate empire -- who are finally forming efficient 
alliances capable of fighting back, thanks to CIA help and training. And 
in accord with the classic behavior of tribal apes throughout history, 
all sides march behind flags and religious banners to conceal the class 
interests that really motivate their efforts.

Amazing about this war is fast it is wearing thin as the public reads 
the paper and realizes it is unwinnable and how rapidly it has 
re-energized the peace movement.  It helps that Bush utters pure 
gibberish changing day by day about the details -- like who we are 
fighting and to what ends.

History repeats itself first as tragedy and then as farce, which recalls 
the rather more successful efforts of George Senior in his Gulf War of 
1990 (?).

But this time, the international bourgeoisie found it easy to imagine 
themselves in an office in the WTC and appeared initially united behind 
kicking bin Laden's ass.  But the international brotherhood of the 
wealthy is weak glue when it comes to national squabbling over Persian 
Gulf oil.

Need we be reminded that one supertanker sunk in the Straits of Hormuz 
by bin Laden's crew could bottle up Saudi exports for months. Or that 
world oil production will peak well within the decade and the price will 
then soar, despite the world economic slump reducing oil  price at the 
moment due to demand falling below amount Arabia wants to sell to prop 
up its monarchy.

Way it looks to me, anyhow. -- Roger