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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (16800)	11/7/2002 6:56:09 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

well, we'll just invade any country we think OBL is holed up in. OK? That's current policy: preemptive unilateral entry into any country without regard to soveriegnty. The Founders expressed the foundation of a healthy government is skepticism of it, undeclared wars notwithstanding. Current Bush Doctrine declares skepticism and international sovereignty to be irrelevent. businessweek.com "an America acting unilaterally around the world, breaking treaties at will, giving lip service to allies and international institutions while claiming for itself the sole legitimate use of force anywhere, anytime it feels threatened. That is the text and subtext of much of the National Security Strategy report. There certainly have been moments in U.S. history when imperialism has been in vogue. Nineteenth century Manifest Destiny is the most striking example. But the overall arc of U.S. history, from the birth of the nation in revolution against the British to battles against Spanish, German, and Soviet empires, has been to oppose the concept. Imperialism, even compassionate imperialism, just isn't part of this country's DNA. POWER OF CONSENSUS. The Bush Doctrine laid out in the National Security paper threatens to unravel the fabric of international community at a time when that community is needed to combat terrorism and restore health to a deteriorating world economy. Ironically, this international community is the very one the U.S. has spent decades building to spread American values of rule-of-law, democracy, and free markets all over the globe. It is the community U.S. corporations and consumers rely on as they turn increasingly to China for high-tech and consumer goods. By working through institutions ranging from NATO to NAFTA, from the International Monetary Fund to the World Trade Organization, the U.S. has been able to expand its power and influence via global consensus, not intimidation. Yet this system is threatened by a global backlash against perceived American unilateralism and arrogance.