Comments on: Freedom’s Watch Bears Watching http://www.lobelog.com/freedoms-watch-bears-watching/ Personality Blogs Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:28:30 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Trowbridge http://www.lobelog.com/freedoms-watch-bears-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Dave Trowbridge Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:41:49 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=65#comment-1466 "Of course, the administration and its dwindling clutch of hawks have lost virtually all of the credibility they enjoyed in the run-up to the Iraq invasion. The hawks within the administration have also lost the control they once exerted over the government’s own formidable propaganda machinery. That is precisely why they must now rely to a much-greater extent than in 2002-03 on a “private-sector” group making their case and mobilizing behind it." No doubt this is a large part of the motivation behind these efforts, but I also wonder if we're not seeing what Philip Bobbitt wrote about in <i>The Shield of Achilles</i>, the transition from the nation-state, whose legitimacy rests upon its ability to promote the welfare of its citizens and the more unitive approach to law and politics this promotes, to the market-state, which promises to maximize the opportunity of its citizens, and whose politics and law are thus distinguished by a reliance on private and non-state organizations for much of what was previously considered the domain of the state. “Of course, the administration and its dwindling clutch of hawks have lost virtually all of the credibility they enjoyed in the run-up to the Iraq invasion. The hawks within the administration have also lost the control they once exerted over the government’s own formidable propaganda machinery. That is precisely why they must now rely to a much-greater extent than in 2002-03 on a “private-sector” group making their case and mobilizing behind it.”

No doubt this is a large part of the motivation behind these efforts, but I also wonder if we’re not seeing what Philip Bobbitt wrote about in The Shield of Achilles, the transition from the nation-state, whose legitimacy rests upon its ability to promote the welfare of its citizens and the more unitive approach to law and politics this promotes, to the market-state, which promises to maximize the opportunity of its citizens, and whose politics and law are thus distinguished by a reliance on private and non-state organizations for much of what was previously considered the domain of the state.

]]> By: Charles Monaghan http://www.lobelog.com/freedoms-watch-bears-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Charles Monaghan Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:44:51 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=65#comment-1439 Thank you for the article on Freedom Watch. Talk about an Orwellian name. And American blood is being shed for the foreign policy dreams of these fools. Thank you for the article on Freedom Watch. Talk about an Orwellian name. And American blood is being shed for the foreign policy dreams of these fools.

]]> By: Suliman http://www.lobelog.com/freedoms-watch-bears-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 Suliman Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:47:10 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=65#comment-1409 Just another example of people that push an agenda that benefits a foreign nation (guess which one?) while hurting this one. Just another example of people that push an agenda that benefits a foreign nation (guess which one?) while hurting this one.

]]> By: Rosalind E http://www.lobelog.com/freedoms-watch-bears-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 Rosalind E Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=65#comment-1399 I sent a message to Freedom Watch. I find their goals repugnant. No mention of the four million refugees my tax dollar has created. There is nothing "free" about Freedom Watch. If they could they would like to silence all critics of this diabolical war. I am a patriotic American and am horrified at what has taken over America. The Neocons are truly bad people. Rosalind E. I sent a message to Freedom Watch. I find their goals repugnant. No mention of the four million refugees my tax dollar has created. There is nothing “free” about Freedom Watch. If they could they would like to silence all critics of this diabolical war. I am a patriotic American and am horrified at what has taken over America. The Neocons are truly bad people. Rosalind E.

]]> By: jgalvin http://www.lobelog.com/freedoms-watch-bears-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 jgalvin Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:23:34 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=65#comment-1381 Can you please publish more info on the scheduled October meeting of experts--place, attendees invited, etc, as you did for Bahamas. Can you please publish more info on the scheduled October meeting of experts–place, attendees invited, etc, as you did for Bahamas.

]]> By: The Next to Last Pope http://www.lobelog.com/freedoms-watch-bears-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-1366 The Next to Last Pope Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:38:34 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=65#comment-1366 So the usual suspects have gotten together to throw some more money at their project for perpetual war. One wonders what they hope to accomplish. We're out of soldiers. If they're lucky, they'll help convince the gang in the Bush bunker to lob a few bombs at Iran's nuclear facilities. Then what? So the usual suspects have gotten together to throw some more money at their project for perpetual war. One wonders what they hope to accomplish. We’re out of soldiers. If they’re lucky, they’ll help convince the gang in the Bush bunker to lob a few bombs at Iran’s nuclear facilities. Then what?

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