On 11/12/06, Hari Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am familiar with the split in the US ruling class that was at one time described as between the cowboys' & yankees'. . Loosely as I recall it, 'cowboys' were oil, arms and aerospace industry money - while 'yankees' were the older established capitalists. (i) Was that true in the views of the list-members? Was there a real division of interest?
No.
(ii) Is this Petras claim below, plausible? Is it linked to the older split?
No.
Texas Versus Tel Aviv: US Policy in the Middle East By James Petras Oct 31, 2006, 11:29 http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_23352.shtml The struggle within the US power structure between the economic empire builders (EEB) and the civilian militarists/Zioncons over US Middle East and global policy is now out in the open and intensifying.
Both Washington and Tel Aviv have a way of driving intelligent people, on the Left, Right, and Center, bonkers, and so does a futile search for a major division in the US ruling class when nothing of the sort exists. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
