Nos. 33 & 34, December 2002
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Nos. 33 & 34, December 2002 |
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SPECIAL ISSUE: Why this Special Issue: India as a Pillar of US Hegemony Behind the Invasion of Iraq (a summary) 
From Colony to Semi-Colony
Towards
NationalisationThe
Iran-Iraq War: Serving American InterestsThe
Torment of IraqReturn
of Imperialist Occupation
The Real Reasons for the Invasion of Iraq—and Beyond: The
Current Strategic Agenda of the United StatesHome
Front in ShamblesMilitary
Solution to an Economic Crisis
Appendices: US
Declares India a Strategic PillarThe
Pages Ripped out by the US from the Weapons Report
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The Real Reasons for the US Invasion of Iraq—and Beyond The United States’ current strategic agenda is of staggering proportions. It is not secret: rather, it is being discussed openly in the American press and academia; various documents reflecting it, official and semi-official, are in circulation; and the US is implementing that agenda at breakneck speed. By the time this article is published, the US will have begun its bombing and invasion of Iraq, the second third world country to be attacked in less than two years. On the face of it, current American plans, as outlined below, are so sweeping and ambitious as to be adventurist and untenable. However, we will attempt below to show that there is a logic behind these measures, flowing from the condition of the US economy and its place in the world economy. Given the massive imbalance of forces, the immediate military success of the current US mission is not in doubt. But its medium and long term prospects hinge not only on the US’s unrivalled military strength, but on three other factors: the US’s own underlying economic condition, which is weakening; the position of other imperialist powers, which is tenuously balanced and may turn into active opposition; and the stance of the world’s people — growing conscious opposition in the advanced world and, crucially, popular explosions and resistance battles in the targeted third world.
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Current Strategic Agenda of the United States
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