US, Blair, Waco

[Carl Remick]

>From: James Heartfield <Jim at heartfield.demon.co.uk>
>
>As scary as 'full spectrum dominance' sounds, its bluster is exposed at 
>every turn. Far from being able to 'control any situation' the US is losing 
>its grip. Americans are targeted by cranks like Al Qaeda across the globe, 
>but Osama bin Laden remains at large; US troops are still under fire in 
>Afghanistan; North Korea thumbs its nose at the US, while her South Korean 
>ally breaks ranks; America's 'multinational and interagency partners' have 
>frustrated US ambitions for a prompt invasion of Iraq, creating gridlock, 
>not only in the United Nations Security Council but the North Atlantic 
>Treaty Organisation as well; there are popular demonstrations against 'US 
>imperialism' on every continent. The popularity of the expression 'US 
>imperialism' is itself an indication, not of America's greater domination, 
>but of the waning legitimacy of US power.

On April 30, 1970, Richard Nixon justified the US invasion of Cambodia in a 
memorable way:  "If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful 
nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, 
the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and 
free institutions throughout the world."

It's ironic that the world's recognition of the US's "pitiful, helpless 
giant" status has finally crystallized due to the muscle-flexings of George 
Bush, the most militaristic president ever.

Carl

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