James Woolsey, the ex-CIA head being considered for a top post in Iraq's rolling democracy, told a group of college students yesterday he thinks we're in the midst of World War IV. According to CNN, Woolsey believes "the new war is actually against three enemies: the religious rulers of Iran, the 'fascists' of Iraq and Syria, and Islamic extremists like al Qaeda." I'm putting this comment under my Berman thread in an effort to keep track of the taxonomy of all our enemies. I still feel the effort to weld them rhetorically into a monolithic force a la the Soviet Union--whether by the right or the left--is a massive con job, the main result of which is to keep defense contractors fat and happy.
|
- tom moody 4-05-2003 1:31 am