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To: TigerPaw who wrote (21506)	7/3/2003 10:39:01 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Beyond the War on Terror commondreams.org <<...Our recent foreign policy has distanced itself so completely from world opinion that it is hard to imagine how we got here. How did our response to Sept. 11 become so reliant on military aggression? And what alternatives exist for the pursuit of national security? From the start, the Bush administration's response to the attacks was phrased in militaristic terms. Rather than an international police action-a manhunt for terrorists who perpetuate crimes against humanity-the White House launched a "war," suggesting that our security would be based on military might. This War on Terrorism has increasingly been shaped by neoconservative officials who argue that "unquestioned U.S. military preeminence" should form the foundation of world order. Considered fringe voices not long ago, they have successfully turned several of their key doctrines-diplomatically discredited concepts like "regime change" and "preemptive war"-into household words...>>