Your concept of economic determinism is a Marxian concept, but of course you realize that.

And it would seem to follow that you are buying into the Bush Death Squad mentality also? The US should go the way of the Latin American dictators and send out death squads to get rid of anyone labeled a "bad guy."

And this is acceptable to you and the other neocons on these boards? The neocon tendency to accept using the force of the military to advance policy throughout the world is not only upsetting, it is immoral and unethical. US policy is transforming us from being the most powerful, most envied nation to the bully state so many see us as being.

This does not make me proud to be an American. But being an American, I know we as a people can change this. We can, and must do better as a people.

Publius