Karen, While I agree with a lot of your analysis, I am not quite ready to write Bush's actions as simply shallow since they were developed by his 'brain trust'. I do feel that his interest in invading Iraq fits with the self interest cell he has around him. He realizes that there is a risk of deflation in the US. His group has to walk a narrow tightrope between deflating worker earnings or moving all business to other countries and deflating the economy so that demand drops. If oil prices get outy of control, the US may be done for [since a lot of the world uses cow pies as fuel and would not be as adversely affected].
The irony of all this is that the center piece of what is a global conspiracy represented by the WTO is that breaking down trade barriers will put the Chinese, the Indians and others [Clinton's supporters] in the driver's seat. Further, thawing relations between the Chinese and Russians, with Japan trying desperately to get on board, are leading to a total reconfiguring on world economic power. With 200 million middle class Indians [who still work a lot cheaper than middle class Americans], with the Dow dropping like a shaken souffle, I feel that Bush is well aware that the US is losing control and transnational corporate control is not going to save the American elite. Bill On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:10:47 -0700 "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brad, I agree with your distaste for the verbal rebuke that the Bush > White > House gave the Germans over that Nazi remark. Apparently, Bush took > it ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
