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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (19622)2/22/2002 6:27:26 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Re: The Death of Empires. I never read such specious claptrap. Does this fool know anything of empires? The British empire lasted for 250 years. The Spanish/Holy Roman Empire lasted for over 300 years. The Roman Empire lasted for about 800 years in the west and 1800 years in the east.

The American hegemony ('empire' is not an accurate term as we do not actively rule or collect tribute from other countries) has lasted for 50 years, 100 if you want to go back to the Spanish-American war. So what is this writer implying? That our time is naturally up, but we don't know it? That we have been incapable of changing our foreign policy for the last hundred years? That we have impoverished our country through an excercise of military overreach? Kinda flies in the face of the facts, doesn't it?

Sheesh. If you want to post criticisms of administration policy, see if you can find some that aren't written by such ignoramuses.
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