[Peace-discuss] Gareth Porter's on Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.

[Brussel Morton K.]

It may well be, with respect to Afghanistan, that Porter's military inertia thesis is not in conflict with geopolitical and economic motives. 
--mkb

On Dec 1, 2009, at 2:12 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> Why ignore the geopolitical or economic motives, just because they're not generally known -- owing of course to America's unparalleled  propaganda system?
> 
> See now <http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp11302009.html>.
> 
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>> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:25:32 -0600
>> From: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel at illinois.edu>  
>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Gareth Porter's on Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.  
>> To: Peace-discuss Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>> 
>> Porter believes that its only a kind of military inertia that has us fighting wars as they are in Afghanistan, not geopolitical or economic interests. The military likes ongoing conflicts. It's a very interesting and somewhat contrarian interview by Scott Horton, heard at 
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