[GPSCC-chat] monthly discussion re: Iran and Syria.

[Brian Good]

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> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:20:34 -0700
> From: wrolley at charter.net
> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Subject: [GPSCC-chat] monthly discussion re: Iran and Syria.
> 
> On 8/21/2012 6:03 PM, John Thielking wrote:
> > Additional items for the agenda:
> > 1) We need to be sure to have our monthly discussion re: Iran and Syria.
> 
> This discussion is important, but I think that it needs to be understood 
> as part of a wider context, that of the "Drift" of American policy 
> toward increased militarism.
> 
> You may wonder why I put the word "Drift" in quotes.  It is the title of 
> a book by Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) that chronicles the changes in or 
> attitude toward the use of the military from the days when Pres. Madison 
> did not like the idea of a permanent standing army through the most 
> recent times of Vietnam, Regan's use of the military in Grenada and then 
> the wars with Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. "Drift" is available from the 
> Santa Clara County Library system where the wait list is generally 
> shorter than the number of copies available. Yeah, that is a 
> recommendation to read it.
> 
> I also would consider the relative importance of this subject and the 
> long range implication of making it the center of Green advocacy.  But 
> that is the subject of another post which I will send a bit later today.
> 
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