Xref: utzoo trial.talk.politics.peace:99 alt.activism:12501 alt.desert-storm:12434 Newsgroups: trial.talk.politics.peace,alt.activism,alt.conspiracy,alt.desert-storm Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Subject: Re: The Next War Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Date: 27 Mar 91 15:53:22 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: bee@ms.uky.edu's message of 27 Mar 91 15:51:31 GMT References: <9103270659.7238@mydog.UUCP> Sender: usenet@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu In article bee@ms.uky.edu (E. Gilliam) writes: gcf@mydog.UUCP (Gordon Fitch) writes: >Some have asked what I mean by "the next war." >Victory always creates a thirst for more victory. When the >current high wears off, it'll be time to look for another hit. Yeah, I can see that. Like, after World War I. We were just all over the world, satiating our thirst for another victory... But if you'll go back and read his article, Gordon notes that it's the Military-Industrial Complex that's calling the wars he talks about, and the MIC didn't come to the forefront of American politics until after WWII. -- --russ I'm proud to be a humble Quaker. It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.