Marshall Plan or Martial Plan?

What does the war in Afghanistan, and what would a war in or against Iraq do
for the world economy?  Do (would) they pull the world economy out of the
current global depression/recession? I doubt it. According to
global-Keynesian reasoning, the world economy needs more global effective
demand and less uncertainty. More global effective demand and less
uncertainty would strenthen economic confidence and induce more badly needed
global aggregate real (physical, effective) investment, which leads to more
jobs and prosperity. Peaceful civilian Marshall plans in the Middle East and
Africa could accomplish that. While the dogs of war are on the loose, I am
still of the opinion that a Marshall Plan is better than a Martial Plan.

GK

P.S. It follows that the world's labour unions should flex their muscles for
Marshall plans and against Martial Plans.



----- Original Message -----
From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@panix.com>
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Cc: wsn <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>; sr <socialist-register@yorku.ca>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 11:38 AM
Subject: Plans being drawn for war against Iraq


> Secret US plan for Iraq war
> Bush orders backing for rebels to topple Saddam
>
> Peter Beaumont, Ed Vulliamy and Paul Beaver
> Sunday December 2, 2001
> The Observer
>
> America intends to depose Saddam Hussein by giving armed support to
> Iraqi opposition forces across the country, The Observer has learnt.
> President George W. Bush has ordered the CIA and his senior military
> commanders to draw up detailed plans for a military operation that
> could begin within months.
>
> The plan, opposed by Tony Blair and other European Union leaders,
> threatens to blow apart the increasingly shaky international
> consensus behind the US-led 'war on terrorism'.
>
> It envisages a combined operation with US bombers targeting key
> military installations while US forces assist opposition groups in
> the North and South of the country in a stage-managed uprising. One
> version of the plan would have US forces fighting on the ground.
>
> Despite US suspicions of Iraqi involvement in the 11 September
> attacks, the trigger for any attack, sources say, would be the
> anticipated refusal of Iraq to resubmit to inspections for weapons of
> mass destruction under the United Nations sanctions imposed after the
> Gulf war.
>
> According to the sources, the planning is being undertaken under the
> auspices of a the US Central Command at McDill air force base in
> Tampa, Florida, commanded by General Tommy Franks, who is leading the
> war against Afghanistan.
>
> Another key player is understood to be former CIA director James
> Woolsey. Sources say Woolsey was sent to London by the hawkish Deputy
> Defence Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, soon after 11 September to ask
> Iraqi opposition groups if they would participate in an uprising if
> there was US military support.
>
> The New York Times yesterday quoted a senior administration official
> who admitted that Bush's aides were looking at options that involved
> strengthening groups that opposed Saddam. Richard Armitage, the
> Deputy Secretary of State, said that action against Iraq was not
> imminent, but would come at a 'place and time of our choosing'.
>
> Full:
> http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,610461,00.html
>
>
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> Louis Proyect, lnp3@panix.com on 12/02/2001
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