Why the U.S. Supports Israel, cont'd

Michael Hoover HooverM at scc-fl.edu
Mon May 20 13:06:22 PDT 2002



>What _is_ the National Interest? Is there, in fact, any such
>thing as The National Interest?
>Carrol

answer to first question: conservative periodical answer to second question: see answer to first question

ni published francis fukayama's 'end of history' twaddle and triumphalist tripe by likes of daniel pipes...

those associated with rag include midge dector, martin feldstein, fukayama, samuel huntington, henry kissinger, charles krauthammer, irving kristol, pipes, richard perle, james schlesinger, dimitri simes, robert tucker...

one might also consider u.s. national interest to be common imperial creed cloaked in *humanitarian* terms - latter articulated as *unselfish* u.s. global role, *good* intentions of u.s. corporations, *benevolent* effects of u.s. investment & corporate activity in other countries, *pursuit* of world peace and order...

post-ww2 u.s. *elites* (term is concession to lbo red-baiting, *ruling class* is more accurate/appropriate) have pursued *nationalistic internationalism* in which all countries save one - u.s. - are to be subject to international market imperatives...

quite a convergence between ni the magazine and ni the policy... michael hoover



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