Re: Chomsky: Bush Will Have to "Manufacture" Another Threat to Security

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:59:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (First Maje) wrote:

>On 1 Dec 2003 17:26:38 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>U.S. Dissident Says Bush Needs Fear for Reelection
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>Nonsense. Chomksy should know better.
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>"It's the economy, stupid."
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>Bush has all the fear he wants or will ever need. Over 80% of
>Americans support his Patriot Act.

I tend to agree. I love Chomsky but he tends to downplay the
importance of the economy in the machiavellian mind and overplays the
fear factor. For me Iraq was a stone wall case of a war waged to
rescue a struggling economy and stock market but Chomsky chose to lead
on the psychological impact and the congressional elections as a
reason.