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In the stages of grief, I was in the Bargaining phase "ok, I can accept that the US is going to the dogs, but let it be that the rest of 'the west' (and the world) is just in denial and they will realize what's going on and hang them out to dry". Now [after the reaction to last week's CIA flights report] I'm in the Depression phase.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 05:42:43 AM EST
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At the end of 2002 I had a conversation, at a party, with a middle aged French woman whose father was Syrian. She was very well acquainted with Palestine and Iraq. We both knew the U.S. was probably soon going to attack Iraq. She said something very simple which I have not forgotten: " The U.S.A. is a monster which was created by the rest of the world."
So, is it time for Dr. Frankenstein to cut the electricity or whatever he had to do?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 08:35:17 AM EST
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There was an International Herald Tribune article a few years back where the cost of the Iraq war and the amount of US debt bought by foreign countries each day were mentioned. I don't remember the article making the connection, but I did: the whole world is funding the Iraq war, and your taxes pay for the occupation regardless of where you live.

The problem is, the minute someone who matters pulls the plug on the US dollar, the economy of the whole world will suffer greatly. The question is whether things will reach a point where the international community will think stopping the US' foreign policy is worth the price of a global recession.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 09:03:28 AM EST
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Yes, if the world pulls the plug on the U.S. dollar, the only ones in the world who might benefit are the Iraquis, who would witness the U.S. being forced to leave their country for financial reasons.
 I'm sure they would better put up with all the death and destruction in their country if they realized how much their suffering is supporting the rest of our standards of living. We could even give the Iraquis a freedom medal.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 10:40:39 AM EST
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