>If you haven't read it already:
>
>
> Out of the Superpower Orbit
>by Tom Engelhardt
>
><http://www.antiwar.com/engelhardt/?articleid=5811>
>
>...It's remarkable what the Bush administration can't
>do today in its own backyard. It can't fully isolate
>Cuba; it can't create a regional "coalition of the
>willing" against Venezuela; it can't simply impose its
>version of economics on the continent; it can't stop a
>number of countries in the region from making energy
>deals of one sort or another with China, Iran, India,
>and other potential energy competitors. (And if, for a
>moment, you were to glance north, rather than south,
>you might notice that it was recently unable to impose
>its pet boondoggle, the Star Wars anti-missile system,
>on our recalcitrant northern neighbor. Another small
>sign of the times.)
Yup. It must be conceded that W hasn't been very good for the Empire. I'm waiting for the big bourgeoisie to realize they need a Dem in 2008 to fix it.
Doug