Re: Bush mideast policy

Richard N Hutchinson wrote:

> Passion is not enough to defeat concerted armed might.  As long
> as the Palestinian/Arab side of the equation consists of incoherent
> protests and reactionary states, I don't see how U.S. ambition is doomed,
> in fact it looks to be in quite good shape.  But this would certainly be a
> good moment for the emergence of a strong European pole of opposition,
> which could be a step toward realizing the Boswell/Chase-Dunn scenario for
> a progressive world state.
>
> RH

More likely, opposition to U.S. ambitions to control Mideast oil, whether coming
from Europe, China, or Russia (the most likely sources of opposition, as they
are of current support for Saddam Hussein) sets in motion processes which lead
to wider wars, most likely, in the end, world war.

Paul