Economics classes confirm every political position. I am not saying that I am right or you are wrong, or even if it matters. I am saying you are extremely biased and very unprofessional. In short. I can't take you seriously because you have not expressed any original opinions. Of course primary sources are biased. People have opinions. That's why you talk to people who don't agree with everything you say, otherwise it is just intellectual masturbation. It's not the material you are quoting that concerns me. It is that you are closed minded.
I have studied this stuff formally as well. I am getting an economic degree with a specialization in the development of economic infastructure (my electives), and their problems. The reason that I have some idea of the type of work they would be doing in Iraq is that it is that infastructure and NGO's is what I've studied, and while it is a war zone the anarchy makes it not so very different from the types of problems they would face in Africa- besides being entirely different because of the population and their past history. I am also aware of what they leave out of papers as much as they put in, I can read around them; I am aware of what audiances they are designed for.
So who do you consider the corporate apologists, you mean people who intend to get jobs? Who are professional? Who are able to compromise long enough to get anything accomplished? Who want to actually accomplish something in Iraq besides leaving it to colapse into anarchy while people pat themselves on the back over how they took down G.W. Bush? Certainly, keep Bush out of control- but I think we owe something to the people there at this point. I am not sure what- it just seems you only see the anti-bush side, not so much of anything else. Being moderate doesn't make someone a corporate appologist, it just means you are able to see both sides.
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Re: Oh, this ought to be good
Date: 2005-12-12 05:52 pm (UTC)I have studied this stuff formally as well. I am getting an economic degree with a specialization in the development of economic infastructure (my electives), and their problems. The reason that I have some idea of the type of work they would be doing in Iraq is that it is that infastructure and NGO's is what I've studied, and while it is a war zone the anarchy makes it not so very different from the types of problems they would face in Africa- besides being entirely different because of the population and their past history. I am also aware of what they leave out of papers as much as they put in, I can read around them; I am aware of what audiances they are designed for.
So who do you consider the corporate apologists, you mean people who intend to get jobs? Who are professional? Who are able to compromise long enough to get anything accomplished? Who want to actually accomplish something in Iraq besides leaving it to colapse into anarchy while people pat themselves on the back over how they took down G.W. Bush? Certainly, keep Bush out of control- but I think we owe something to the people there at this point. I am not sure what- it just seems you only see the anti-bush side, not so much of anything else. Being moderate doesn't make someone a corporate appologist, it just means you are able to see both sides.