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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (18370)4/30/2003 2:52:25 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
The Age of Unilateral War

Iraq, the United States and the End of the European Coalition
By GABRIEL KOLKO
April 30, 2003

counterpunch.org

<<...The reality is that the world is increasingly multipolar, economically and technologically, and that the U.S.' desire to maintain absolute military superiority over the world is a chimera. Russia remains a military superpower, China is becoming one, and the world should have confronted and stopped the proliferation of destructive weaponry 20 years ago. It can only be done, if it is still possible, by international accords and bodies--such as the UN--which the United States rejects as a constraint on its power. The U.S. has no alternative but to accept the world as it is, or prepare for doomsday.

Unfortunately, there is not the slightest indication America will acknowledge the limits of its aspirations. The crisis in NATO and the dissolution of its dominant role in Europe reflects this diffusion of all forms of power and the diminution of American hegemony, which remains far more an unattainable aspiration than a reality...>>
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