[Vn_survivor_67-68]

this 1997 quote from Peters helps with putting him into perspective:

"There will be no peace. At any given moment for the rest of our lifetimes, there will be multiple conflicts in mutating forms around the globe. Violent conflict will dominate the headlines, but cultural and economic struggles will be steadier and ultimately more decisive. The de facto role of the US armed forces will be to keep the world safe for our economy and open to our cultural assault. To those ends, we will do a fair amount of killing."(Major Ralph Peters 'Constant Conflict' Parameters, Summer 1997, pp. 4-14)

http://www.amazon.ca/Beyond-Baghdad-Postmodern-War-Peace/dp/customer-reviews/0811700844

[Cecily]

Wasn't he critical of the Bush administration for not leveling Fallujah and/or Najaf and the al-Sadr gang a few years back? Wasn't he also critical of Israel not demolishing Hezbollah in the most recent war? I thought Peters was all for squashing the Islamofascists like the roaches they are.

[cwb]

"The de facto role of the US armed forces will be to keep the world safe for our economy and open to our cultural assault...."

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Wow...such insight. This is what Chomsky's been saying for decades.