The arrogance of American power
Mother Jones
by Tom Engelhardt
05/25/06
Part two of an interview with Andrew Bacevich: "[T]he Cold War essentially ends in 1989 when the [Berlin] Wall goes down; in '91, the Soviet Union collapses. I get out of the Army in 1992 and I'm waiting with bated breath to see what impact the end of the Cold War is going to have on U.S. policy, particularly military policy. The answer is, essentially, none. We come out even more firmly committed to the notion of U.S. military global supremacy. Not because there was an enemy -- in 1992, '93, '94, there's no enemy -- but because we've come to see military supremacy and global hegemony as good in and of themselves...
http://www.motherjones.com/interview/2006/05/andrew_bacevich_2.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Tom Engelhardt
05/25/06
Part two of an interview with Andrew Bacevich: "[T]he Cold War essentially ends in 1989 when the [Berlin] Wall goes down; in '91, the Soviet Union collapses. I get out of the Army in 1992 and I'm waiting with bated breath to see what impact the end of the Cold War is going to have on U.S. policy, particularly military policy. The answer is, essentially, none. We come out even more firmly committed to the notion of U.S. military global supremacy. Not because there was an enemy -- in 1992, '93, '94, there's no enemy -- but because we've come to see military supremacy and global hegemony as good in and of themselves...
http://www.motherjones.com/interview/2006/05/andrew_bacevich_2.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 26. Mai, 17:57
