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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (108308)7/27/2003 12:26:19 PM
From: KonKilo  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Excellent article!

I wonder if the worldview of (the Neocons and the PNAC) is already dead because not only did they not make a case for hegemony to the public, they never seriously attempted to even define the term or explain the concept.

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By choosing to not present it directly to the public at large and thereby commence an examination and debate, they have unwittingly undermined it as a viable theory and now we are witnessing the manifestations of its slow and costly death.

Their political penchant for cloaking their vision in immediate emotional (and presumably less complex) terms of righteously fighting terrorism and thwarting evil, instead of explaining their plan, has not served them well. People are confused, and the opportunity to teach hegemonic theory as a basis for American foreign policy has passed.

Bush and the neocons are now viewed as not having a plan. Indeed, even as fragments of their worldview enter the public's consciousness, that they earlier chose to not share it with the public now taints it with suspicion and duplicity.

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That the Bush people must now suffer the fallout from a bewildered and disillusioned public that still doesn't understand the endgame is due to how they chose to handle this issue.
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