>I think the Iraq war was an attempt, which is looking rather
>unsuccessful, at re-asserting U.S. pre-eminence, and the troubles
>that have afflicted the adventure are evidence that Washington
>doesn't run the show after all.
Sure, but that in itself is not new either. Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Lebanon, etc. An empire can't win all the time.
What's really new is the empire in a quagmire running on empty.
Broke like no joke, I've yet to buy your book -- does the book have a take on the empire in a quagmire running on empty, torn between the nationalist power elite and the multinational class of investors? -- Yoshie
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