Thursday, January 3, 2008

Rolling Stone Article on Iraq War Profiteering

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16076312/the_great_iraq_swindle

Not the best written article, but I never really expect Pulitzer material from Rolling Stone. But there is some good information in here none the less.

I particularly like the classic Rolling Stone eloquence of:

"This is the triumphant culmination of two centuries of flawed white-people thinking, a preposterous mix of authoritarian socialism and laissez-faire profiteering, with all the worst aspects of both ideologies rolled up into one pointless, supremely idiotic military adventure - American men and women dying by the thousands, so that Karl Marx and Adam Smith can blow each other in a Middle Eastern glory hole."

I feel like the author designed the entire article around his "glory hole" metaphor.

Anyway, check it out and share your thoughts.

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