>
> I've been collecting articles of just this type -- statements of
> avowed support for imperialism. I've got a bunch and will put them
> up on my web site, hopefully before the U.S. gets done auctioning
> off drilling rights in Iraq. All assistance in this vein
> gratefully accepted. I've also got old documents from Mark Twain
> and the Anti- Imperialist League. My ambition is to rehabilitate
> the word -- take the scare connotations out of it.
>
> mbs
A great collection of quotes from articles of the type is in Philip S. Golub, "The Dynamics of World Disorder: Westward in the Course of Empire," Le Monde Diplomatique, English internet edition (September 2002) <http://mondediplo.com/2002/09/03westward>
john mage