THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

"Imperialism today is taking place in the context of...the 'universalization' of capitalism. It is not now primarily a matter of territorial conquest or direct military or colonial control. It is not now a matter of capitalist powers invading non-capitalist powers in order to bleed them dry directly and by brute force. Now it is more a matter of ensuring that the forces of the capitalist market prevail in every corner of the world (even if this means marginalizing and impoverishing parts of it), and of manipulating those market forces to the advantage of the most powerful capitalist economies and the United States in particular." ... "Military force is still central to the imperialist project, in some ways more than ever."-- Political scientist Ellen Meiksins-Wood, Z magazine Nov 1999, p26

 

HAPPY 'KICK OUT THE GOVERNMENT' DAY!!!

 

Sen Biden: US To Consider $1 Billion Emergency Aid For Georgia

The United States will consider providing $1 billion in emergency aid to Georgia, a top U.S. lawmaker said Monday on his return from a visit to the conflict-torn nation.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

How, in the name of logic, can you defend rewarding President Saakashvili's calamitous failure of imagination with American tax dollars?

His ordering the invasion of South Ossetia was a colossal blunder on an order of magnitude which is mind-boggling, particularly for his inability to grasp that Russia would respond ferociously.

Also, one has to wonder just what kind of "aid" Biden is talking about providing at that price tag.

Could some of it possibly be "military assistance", further provoking Russia??

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Posted on Aug 19, 2008 at 08:55
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