Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:30:41 -0500 (EST)
From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
Subject: Re: Letter from Yugo factory




On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, mokey wrote:

> after all this madness is over, someone is going to
> have to pay to rebuild the roads, bridges, factories etc, and i think that
> someone's gonna have to be uncle sam.  this war is strange because there
> are very few capitalist interests at stake (that is, unless you listen to
> SWP propaganda)

I'm not sure you're going to reach many souls here, Colin, but I have to
point out that everyone who has lost a war with the U$/UK with the
exception of Iraq and Argentinia have been rebuilt by capital and have
been fairly successful captialist states.  That would be your Grrrmans,
Japanese, and Eye-Talians, Granadians, Panamanians, and
Nicauragua--although the last one had to wait for Hurrican Mitch to get
the ball rolling.

Vietnam won, the Lebanese kicked us out, and Korea and China tied us and
look what it got them. I can't figure out Iraq. They were beaten so badly
they ought to be rolling in the do-re-mi by now.



carp