[Paleopsych] On Sunday, Only the Propaganda Will Change

[Steve Hovland]

You are a realist.

This afternoon I have been thinking
that perhaps no one wants an exit
strategy more than the Bushies,
because they can see their entire
agenda going down in flames.

Unfortunately, a retreat under fire
is the only option, since most of
the strategic mistakes can only
be fixed by turning back the clock.

Steve Hovland
www.stevehovland.net


-----Original Message-----
From:	Christian Rauh [SMTP:christian.rauh at uconn.edu]
Sent:	Saturday, January 29, 2005 4:12 PM
To:	The new improved paleopsych list
Subject:	Re: [Paleopsych] On Sunday, Only the Propaganda Will Change

The US will withdraw its troops. Iraq will become a Colombia in the 
middle east. The failing of democracy will be blamed on Iraqs, after 
all, they are running the country now, aren't they?

Oil will continue to be pumped by the colonizer's corporations and any 
attempt to obtain some profit for the Iraq people will be labeled 
"comunist nationalization" and strongly oposed by "the market". By the 
way, Iraq's market is now open for exploitation.

The US will be "safer" without Saddam.

Oh! And, of course, when democracy do emerges decades in the future. The 
US will claim to have planted the seed of it when it only delayed the 
process through the support of a dictator, sanctions and now a war that 
lead to greater instability.

Am I a pessimist? Or is it just the eve of the election that put me in a 
bad mood?

Christian

Steve Hovland wrote:
> Our man Allawi will "win," just like Karzai did
> in Afghanistan.
> 
> We will be told that turnout was strong in spite
> of the terrorist threats.  One wonders how many 
> people will actually be dumb enough to risk
> their lives for a PR stunt.
> 
> Any stories about violence at the polls or voting
> problems will quickly disappear from the corporate
> media.
> 
> President Bush will make a flowery speech about
> how wonderful democracy is.
> 
> He will say that we are in Iraq at the invitation of
> a legitimate government, and that we are only
> there to protect a fledgling democracy against
> those who hate freedom.  Yada yada yada...
> 
> The killing will continue.
> 
> Steve Hovland
> www.stevehovland.net
> 
> 
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A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over,
their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight,
restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in
the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the
horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt......
If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience
till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning
back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where
principles are at stake.

         - Thomas Jefferson, from a letter he sent in 1798 after
                             the passage of the Sedition Act

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