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<div>At 12:23 PM -0700 8/6/03, Dwayne Monroe wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>This piece explores how Bush's
"tenacious new<br>
adversary" can most effectively terminate his<br>
juggernaut. It starts by looking at the Bush<br>
administration's strengths and weaknesses and the ways<br>
it might be stopped or removed. Then it looks at the<br>
various forces around the world and in the U.S. that<br>
might want to contribute to doing so--the elements of<br>
the "other superpower." Finally it reviews how these<br>
forces might utilize the Bush team's weaknesses to</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>force an end to its
policies.</blockquote>
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>http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/papers/juggernaut/index.html</blockquote>
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<div>Excellent article. To my mind it also answers the dilemma of
whether there is a difference between the Republicans and Democrats in
the US. Yes there is and the left must do nothing which might prevent
the Republicans prevailing, because, as that article explains:</div>
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<blockquote>"The Bush policies are creating the basis for a broad
popular social</blockquote>
<blockquote>movement that can challenge the whole rightward tilt of
U.S.</blockquote>
<blockquote>politics. Such a movement would represent the interests of
the great</blockquote>
<blockquote>majority of Americans and would have at least some
institutional</blockquote>
<blockquote>means of reaching and mobilizing that majority. It
represents a base</blockquote>
<blockquote>far larger than that of the Bush right, and, as we will
see below, it</blockquote>
<blockquote>is positioned to play a significant role in the political
process.</blockquote>
<blockquote>The peace movement should actively contribute to the
construction of</blockquote>
<blockquote>such a coalition."
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<div>There you have it. We need Bush. Because unlike the democrats the
Republicans are creating the conditions necessary for a movement to
challenge the US. They are awakening the world, which is surely what
we want.</div>
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<div>Bill Bartlett</div>
<div>Bracknell Tas</div>
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