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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (7191)	2/11/2003 4:38:57 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

I assure you that the current behaviour of the US bears more than a passing resemblance to that of an "empire" rather than a "republic". And not just with me, but with most traditional US allies (not even going into the rest), as voiced by their leaders. There is an article that I would love to post here on this very subject, in the current issue of "Prospect" magazine (UK), but I do not have the online subscription. Try to find it if you can, it is a good analysis of the current situation of the US, where it has become an empire but is in denial, wondering if it will repeat the mistakes of all past (failed) empires.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (7191)	2/16/2003 1:43:53 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Colonialism died in 1945?? When was Mossadeg ousted, and how about those pinochets,etc,etc,etc,etc,etc,etc... However, HongKong is not what it was, but Formosa is but it is correct that going through colonialism and WW2, banana republics,etc is a painful thing for many, especially when going back to the power politics before WW1. Hmm, Ghana was one of the first,no, in the 1960s?? neighbor to Nigeria?? (to return to oil) South Africa was even later in dealing with segregation than USA, but there is still aprtheid, even plans of great fencing projects, not just high walls, guarded gates and bars outside the windows. Is that still a major growth industry in CA?? Luckily no former colony has copied the 2-party system.