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To: Amy J who wrote (225881)3/23/2005 7:14:33 AM
From: Road Walker  Respond to of 1572453
 
re: In Paul Kennedy’s historical framework, America is extending its reach at precisely the moment when its economic power base is weakening -- a classic warning sign of the fall of a Great Power."

Exactly what I think.

John



To: Amy J who wrote (225881)3/23/2005 12:30:12 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1572453
 
"history is replete with examples of leadership tests that pit a nation’s military prowess against its economic base (see my 28 February dispatch, “The Pendulum of Global Leadership”). Yale historian Paul Kennedy has long argued that great powers typically fail when military reach outstrips a nation’s economic strength. In that vein, there’s little doubt that America is extending its reach in this post-9/11 world. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were the opening salvos. The Bush Administration’s recent nomination of two leading neocons to key global positions -- John Bolton as America’s ambassador to the UN and Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank (also announced on March 16) -- are more recent examples of a White House that is upping the ante on its “transformational” projection of global power. In Paul Kennedy’s historical framework, America is extending its reach at precisely the moment when its economic power base is weakening -- a classic warning sign of the fall of a Great Power."
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That sounds about right. Its frustrating to watch it happen and not be able to stop it.

ted



To: Amy J who wrote (225881)3/23/2005 2:58:16 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572453
 
We have a lower percentage of our population in the military and a lower percentage of our GDP devoted to military spending than we did in almost all of the 40s, all of the 50s, all of the 60s, all of the 70s, all of the 80s, and some of the 90s. Hardly a case of classic "imperial overstretch".

Tim


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