Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Template for War
War, first and foremost, is business. Big business. Perhaps second only to energy.
Going to war, however, has to follow certain protocols. In the American version, it has become customary to declare economic warfare against non-compliant countries, then military warfare when the targeted state fights back against economic sanctions. From beginning to end, psychological warfare is conducted in order to demonize societies that have the nerve to oppose US aggression.
As Antifascist Calling observes, this template for war -- used effectively by the US against Yugoslavia and Iraq -- is now being used by the Obama Administration against Iran. Perhaps every US president wants a war to call his own; Clinton and Bush had theirs, now Obama dreams of having his. No doubt it will also help get him re-elected.
Going to war, however, has to follow certain protocols. In the American version, it has become customary to declare economic warfare against non-compliant countries, then military warfare when the targeted state fights back against economic sanctions. From beginning to end, psychological warfare is conducted in order to demonize societies that have the nerve to oppose US aggression.
As Antifascist Calling observes, this template for war -- used effectively by the US against Yugoslavia and Iraq -- is now being used by the Obama Administration against Iran. Perhaps every US president wants a war to call his own; Clinton and Bush had theirs, now Obama dreams of having his. No doubt it will also help get him re-elected.
