Chomsky: Confronting the Empire

Mark Pavlick mvp1 at igc.org
Sat Feb 1 11:36:33 PST 2003



>>
>>ZNet | Terror War
>>
>>Confronting the Empire
>>by Noam Chomsky; February 01, 2003
>>
>>We are meeting at a moment of world history that is in many ways
>>unique - a moment that is ominous, but also full of hope.
>>
>>The most powerful state in history has proclaimed, loud and clear,
>>that it intends to rule the world by force, the dimension in which
>>it reigns supreme. Apart from the conventional bow to noble
>>intentions that is the standard (hence meaningless) accompaniment
>>of coercion, its leaders are committed to pursuit of their
>>"imperial ambition," as it is frankly described in the leading
>>journal of the foreign policy establishment - critically, an
>>important matter. They have also declared that they will tolerate
>>no competitors, now or in the future. They evidently believe that
>>the means of violence in their hands are so extraordinary that they
>>can dismiss with contempt anyone who stands in their way. There is
>>good reason to believe that the war with Iraq is intended, in part,
>>to teach the world some lessons about what lies ahead when the
>>empire decides to strike a blow -- though "war" is hardly the
>>proper term, given the array of forces.
>>
>>The doctrine is not entirely new, nor unique to the US, but it has
>>never before been proclaimed with such brazen arrogance - at least
>>not by anyone we would care to remember.
>>
>>Full: http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=40&ItemID=2938



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