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To: stockman_scott who wrote (23494)	7/27/2003 11:07:26 AM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

s2- excellent editorial. ... these paragraphs in particular Americans want to do the right thing and have their government do the right thing, but are becoming increasingly confused. They don't know that Iraq was targeted for our hegemonic expansion, along with other regions, well before Sept. 11, 2001. They don't know that Iraqi oil reserves were central to U.S. energy planning by this administration prior to the attack by mostly Saudis on the Twin Towers. They don't know that we invaded Iraq without an exit strategy because hegemons don't leave and that Iraqi sovereignty is not part of the agenda. They are not aware that there is a global theory at work and Iraq is just part of it. While Kristol and Kaplan in their book, "The War Over Iraq" (sponsored by The Project for a New American Century), explain that "the mission is more than Iraq" and elaborate how Iraq is just the beginning of the execution of the new role of the U.S. in the 21st century, the Bush administration has not connected the dots for Americans about this grander vision. The public has not been told that this hegemonic plan targets other significant nation-states all over the world for unilateral American domination. Foreign ruling elites, however, have read and studied the policy pieces written by the neocons in support of American hegemony. That is partly why we had and continue to have difficulty obtaining allies. There is no place in hegemonic theory for multilateral cooperation, only imposed cooperation. Americans wonder why they have to foot the roughly $4 billion to $5 billion a month bill for Iraq alone. They don't understand that much of the world does not want American hegemonic plans to succeed. r1

To: stockman_scott who wrote (23494)	7/27/2003 3:14:45 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

lurqer: this editorial may be right on target... While the editorial sees the target, I am not sure it's "on target". The thesis seems to be, that since the neo-cons hid their true agenda, they've "missed their chance". I wonder if the worldview of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, Vice President Richard Cheney, Richard Perle, columnists William Kristol, Lawrence Kaplan, Robert Kagan and other members and leaders of the Defense Policy Board, American Enterprise Institute and The Project for a New American Century 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. An alternative hypothesis is that when faced with opposition, the neo-cons decided to create enough "facts-on-the-ground", that "there can be no turning back". If, with a Bush second term, they can present any new Admin with an existing Hegemony, and a hostile threatening world, any attempt at dismantling the Hegemony, would be a dangerous undertaking - not only for the troops abroad, but for domestic politicians. The MIC's future would be secure. JMO lurqer