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Richard Perle |
"... we're living through one of the most fascinating
moments of history. It's rare that we can look at the world
and see it ready to pivot, because of the tectonic plates that
were set in motion at the end of the Cold War are still moving.
And all kinds of things that we've taken for granted for a very
long time can no longer be taken for granted. Old alliances
are falling apart. New friendships are being made. Countries
that never played a role before are starting to play roles.
Countries that played roles for a long time are ceasing to do
it." Richard
Perle, AEI seminar March 25, 2003 |
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Richard Perle |
"America is automatically by our very nature drawn to
support democrats and drawn to fight tyrants. And that is why
the war that we are fighting against terrorism is an old-fashioned
war of freedom against tyranny..." Richard
Perle, AEI seminar March 25, 2003 |
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| COMMENTATORS |
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Jimmy Carter |
"...increasingly unilateral and domineering policies
have brought international trust in our country to its lowest
level in memory." ex
President Jimmy Carter, March 16, 2003, The Age "Principles
of a just war condemn US campaign" |
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Mikhail Gorbachev |
"It will do tremendous damage to international relations
and to world security... It is an attempt to teach a lesson
to all other states and shows that the U.S. administration is
trying to make the world its own province." Mikhail
Gorbachev March 20, 2003 |
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John Brady Kiesling |
" Loyalty should be reciprocal. Why does our President
condone the swaggering and contemptuous approach to our friends
and allies this Administration is fostering, including among
its most senior officials...When our friends are afraid of us
rather than for us, it is time to worry. And now they are afraid.
Who will tell them convincingly that the United States is as
it was, a beacon of liberty, security, and justice for the planet?"
Resignation
letter of John Brady Kiesling (to Colin Powell), political counsellor
to US embassy in Greece, February 27, 2003 |
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Norman Mailer |
" democracy is the special condition - a condition we
will be called upon to defend in the coming years. That will
be enormously difficult because the combination of the corporation,
the military and the complete investiture of the flag with mass
spectator sports has set up a pre-fascistic atmosphere in America
already." Norman
Mailer, March 24, 2003 |
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| ISSUES |
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european integration |
"American policy is creating a new world and it is determined
that its economic and military supremacy will remain unchallenged.
This may force the pace of European integration - to produce
a postnational entity with enough clout to tackle America. It
may also see nascent industrial powers covertly try to acquire
the kinds of weapons that will deter acts of US aggression...Pax
Americana will then become less about global fraternity and
more about the projection of US power to protect and strengthen
investment and export opportunities for its industries abroad."
Randeep
Ramesh, Guardian March 13, 2003 |
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US -
sole superpower - before 2000 |
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international law |
Bush signaled that he did not
want to waste time in debating the nuances of international
law. "It is not a question of authority, it is a question
of will," he told the nation. AP,
March 22, 2003 |
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The Big Picture |
" In February, Undersecretary of State John Bolton told
Israeli officials that after defeating Iraq, the United States
would "deal with" Iran, Syria, and North Korea."
Joshua
Marshall, Washington Monthly, March 31, 2003 |
Unirted
States - Sole Superpower