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To: TimF who wrote (2344)	3/13/2002 6:55:38 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

who is the US now subjugating? It's not so much subjugating - occupying - as browbeating and bullying - do this or face our "imperial" wrath. Maybe it's about perceptions, but: the US has more military might than the next 15 nations (or whatever the statistic is, it's similar anyhow), a very overtly aggressive stance, an extreme and public willingness ot use military might to pursue its own aims - regardless of world opinion ("with us or against us"), and is publicly disavowing restraint - ABM, bio weapons treaties, tactical nuclear use, massive increase in military spend... so don't be surprised if the 2/3 of the world that is not allied feels hugely threatened, and even the allies are wary and scared by your intentions. Especially the bits that directly or by implication are - and remember, these guys have friends too. The US appears to be saying, "We can do as we think best. Get in our way and be crushed." Who needs a formal imperial rule if you do this?