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| 2005-01-28 |
| (from 'The Washington Note' Blog, as the FT article was for paid subscribers only.) How the U.S. Became the World's Dispensable Nation by Michael Lind In a second inaugural address tinged with evangelical zeal, George W. Bush declared: "Today, America speaks anew to the peoples of the world." The peoples of the world, however, do not seem to be listening. A new world order is indeed emerging - but its architecture is being drafted in Asia and Europe, at meetings to which Americans have not been invited... Article goes on at length how the US is failing, how the entire world is ganging up against the US, and how it's all Bush's fault. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 This piece is a continuation of the new approach being developed by the LLL to justify their own failure to anticipate world events or understand the US or George Bush. They started with Bush the moron. However it has become increasingly hard to explain the stupidity of GWB when he continues to win elections, not just in the US, but in Afghanistan and Iraq. They need to develop a new mantra, this "not listening" mantra promoted by NYT and now the FT. If they cannot beat him, maybe they can just distract him. Listening is such a nice, moral, friendly virtue, even when the speaker has absolutely nothing useful to say. Compare and contrast Kofi. Such a great listener. |
| Posted by: john 2005-01-28 3:15:03 PM |
| #5 This is Michael Lind, who has been anti-American since probably after he was born. And the Financial Times has predicted American decline since probably it was founded. I bet FT can't get over the fact that London isn't the center of the financial world any more. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-01-28 2:05:15 PM |
| #4 All Bush's fault? Wasn't there an election on November 2? |
| Posted by: Duke Nukem 2005-01-28 1:23:36 PM |
| #3 read the discussion at Washington Note, some actually believe "the world" liked US before W. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-01-28 1:17:36 PM |
| #2 One word Horse shit. Western Europe is in decline. It has been for a long time. North America is in ascent, East Asia is in ascent. The structrual change needed is Western Europes nany state socialist schemes that don't work need to be scrapped, taxes cut and people put to work. Yes we see how well that consolidating democracy is working in the former Yugoslav republics. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-28 1:14:34 PM |
| #1 The EU has devoted far more resources to consolidating democracy in post-communist Europe than has the US.--- It is their back yard, why should they??? and this: partnership and structural change. Disdaining adaptation, it may miss the window of opportunity, and secure only decades of decline.--- structural change - tossing out the Constitution???? They really hate that document, don't they? And when hasn't the world ganged up on US? While some good points, seems on the whole, the usual laundry-list. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-01-28 1:04:27 PM |