We can no longer afford the empire
Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
01/12/09
Somebody is going to have to whisper in President-elect Obama’s ear that the unipolar moment has passed and that the United States can no longer afford its informal worldwide empire. Even though the looming economic meltdown will likely be serious — and maybe even cataclysmic — the foreign policy chattering classes of both parties are on autopilot and have not yet abandoned their interventionist consensus. A rude awakening awaits...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2405
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=empire
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=economic+meltdown
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+policy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland
by Ivan Eland
01/12/09
Somebody is going to have to whisper in President-elect Obama’s ear that the unipolar moment has passed and that the United States can no longer afford its informal worldwide empire. Even though the looming economic meltdown will likely be serious — and maybe even cataclysmic — the foreign policy chattering classes of both parties are on autopilot and have not yet abandoned their interventionist consensus. A rude awakening awaits...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2405
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=empire
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=economic+meltdown
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+policy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland
rudkla - 14. Jan, 10:10
