r1-
from the article you linked to...
Mr. Clinton nursed expectations of an open international
order. He reasoned that, in removing barriers and
divisions, globalization would inevitably permit the
United States to gently knit the world's component parts
together according to its own preferred design.
i don't think the author understands mr. clinton's motives
in wanting to open up international order and in removing
barriers and divisions and fostering globalization.
clinton is fully aware that the u.s. needs to evolve,
make changes and concessions in the international arena
while assisting other nations to tackle problems of poverty
and poor health --NOT, as the author states, to
gently knit the world's component parts together according
to its own preferred design, but to assure the
empowerment of the global village (including the u.s.),
without which, the u.s., nor any other country, can survive
or grow.
if the planet dies, all life forms on it die... similarly,
if the global village becomes a casualty of illiteracy,
poverty and illness, no individual country is going to
survive. bacevich can imply that is a sneaky or selfish
motive, but i don't think it is. i don't think there's a
viable alternative.
i don't think bacevich, if pressed, could produce a single
quote from mr. clinton's entire political career that would
support bacevich's statement that...
He (Clinton) reasoned that, in removing barriers and
divisions, globalization would inevitably permit the
United States to gently knit the world's component parts
together according to its own preferred design.
-lp86 |
