>Ancient Rome fell into decline as a result of its local industries
>being unable to compete with imports. Its economic power was
>effectively crippled by the success of its military power, which
>enslaved vast other peoples and caused great suffering on the
>majority of Romans. So as I understand it, decline in economic
>power and overwhelming military power, go hand in hand.
True or not, that has nothing to do with Harvey's argument, which is that Bush's hyperaggressive foreign policy is a compensation for economic decline. When I asked Harvey "decline relative to whom?," he really didn't have a good answer.
Doug