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April 25, 2003
Quick Hits
I note with some satisfaction that empire is on more and more lips.If a Martian historian with Methuselah's life span devoted himself to observing from afar the broad patterns of human activity over the past millennium, he would see an explosion of energy in the British Isles from the 16th century onward. In particular, between the early 1600s and the 1950s more than 20 million people emigrated from Britain and settled in other lands. The British also developed dense patterns of trade with such faraway areas as India and Africa. Only a few of them emigrated to those countries, yet they reshaped them in line with their own practices.
- Tariq Aziz remains my favorite Iraqi. I am hopeful that he works out a deal with the US and possibly gets a role in new government. He will come with a load of information to dump on Americans.
- China is going to have to decide which side it is on. North Korea is the catalyst. I think they will side with us.
- The NFLI looks to be a new troublemaker in Iraq. They've already tried to kill Chalabi.
- The State Department last year funded six Iraqi opposition groups. This is actually rather amazing. These are diplomatic Contras. This 'Iraq Liberation Act' of 1998 has allowed them to finesse the laws against recognizing, let alone militarily funding governments in exile.
Posted by mbowen at April 25, 2003 07:05 AM
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Also worth seeing while one can: Ferguson's "The Empire Slinks Back"
Posted by: George at April 26, 2003 04:52 PM
I was just listening to Furguson on the radio the other day, and I am likely to buy his book. I'd simply say at this point that by the time Rudyard Kipling was born, the English had been about the business of empire for several hundred years. We're just getting started.
I do believe however that the American empire will be a creature of a different sort. I've already said that it will be integrative. Imperial subjects should be just as comfortable here in the states as anywhere else. After all, it's the place where all the lawyers are. If people will travel halfway around the world to voluntarily subject themselves to the rule of American law, think how much easier the reverse will be once we get the hang of it.
This empire is also not a quest for something 'out there' so much as it is in defense of what we already have. The El Dorado of liberty is state-side.
These first tepid steps are tentative for good reason. We will come into our own in due time.
Posted by: Cobb at April 26, 2003 10:22 PM