Kester Brewin » Bush http://www.kesterbrewin.com // __ issues. in code. __ // Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:20:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Korea to Iraq… Who’s next? http://www.kesterbrewin.com/2010/03/05/korea-to-iraq-whos-next/ http://www.kesterbrewin.com/2010/03/05/korea-to-iraq-whos-next/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:51:57 +0000 KB http://www.kesterbrewin.com/?p=1209 A little dated now, but still a great video from Knife Party, with polemic text by Barry Mcnamara, outlining one perspective on American militarism. With Gordon Brown giving evidence at the Iraq inquiry today, it seemed resonant, especially the astonishing statistic that the US has been at war with someone around the world at all times since the Korean war of 1953.

Do I think it’s that simple? No. But nor do I think it’s as simple as counter-texts such as the ‘axis of evil’ speech make out either. And nor do I think that Britain – or any other nation/people who fetishise capital – are any better than the US. It’s not them, it’s us. This whole Iraq war, and the whole concept of a ‘war on terror’ has been a total debacle, and capitalism has been right at the centre of it.

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