The 7 principles of Neoimperialism

[Carl Remick]

>From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>
>
>[This summary is excerpted from the current (September/October 2002) issue
>of Foreign Affairs (the house journal of our friends at the Council on
>Foreign Relations), from an article by G. John Ikenberry entitled
>"America's Imperial Ambition."]
>
>[So as not to slander the man, I should add that Ikenberry is against this
>policy and thinks it is ultimately doomed.  But his objections are not as
>interesting as his rendition of their reasoning.  I think this is by far
>the best presentation of their argument I've seen so far.]

Awesome.  This excerpt constitutes a 2553-word definition of "hubris."  I 
believe the nation's current state of dementia exceeds that of any other 
time in US history, which is saying something.

Carl

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