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10/10/2005:
"Zbigniew Brzezinski: American Debacle"
...In a very real sense, during the last four years the Bush team has dangerously undercut America's seemingly secure perch on top of the global totem pole by transforming a manageable, though serious, challenge largely of regional origin into an international debacle. Because America is extraordinarily powerful and rich, it can afford, for a while longer, a policy articulated with rhetorical excess and pursued with historical blindness. But in the process, America is likely to become isolated in a hostile world, increasingly vulnerable to terrorist acts and less and less able to exercise constructive global influence. Flailing away with a stick at a hornets' nest while loudly proclaiming "I will stay the course" is an exercise in catastrophic leadership...commondreams.org
Aw Zbig! Where you been? When you and your CFR and Carlyle Group buddies show up to distance yourselves from your own hatchetmen, what does this say? It's time to put the dissent to sleep with a new cast of kinder, gentler, imperialist running dogs.
