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Comments on: Hiatus http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/05/hiatus/ As fair-minded and non-partisan as Torquemada. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: underblog http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/05/hiatus/#comment-161 Sun, 09 May 2004 19:52:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=178#comment-161 The neo-cons do want an empire, they just don’t know that they do. They want easy access to the natural resources of other countries (chiefly oil), control over regimes in nations with those resources (or at least "american-friendly" regimes), worldwide milatary bases and propogation of "superior" american ideology and civilisation to the rest of the world.
This sounds like an empire to me.

]]> By: john b http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/05/hiatus/#comment-160 Sun, 09 May 2004 07:34:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=178#comment-160 a grade school</a> in Washington, Ontario - so while they're probably on approximately the same level of maturity, I think it's not him.<br><br>And it depends on the neocon. I don't think Bush is interested in an empire (or indeed, very much). However, the neocons' plans existed long before 11/9 alerted people that security was even an issue. The justification for bringing them into play now is certainly security, but that isn't where they come from originally...]]> The Canadian appears to be posting from a grade school in Washington, Ontario – so while they’re probably on approximately the same level of maturity, I think it’s not him.

And it depends on the neocon. I don’t think Bush is interested in an empire (or indeed, very much). However, the neocons’ plans existed long before 11/9 alerted people that security was even an issue. The justification for bringing them into play now is certainly security, but that isn’t where they come from originally…

]]> By: ed http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/05/hiatus/#comment-158 Sun, 09 May 2004 04:57:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=178#comment-158 Parris assumes that the US wants an empire: they don’t. The neo-cons don’t either. They have three-hundred million people and a lot more who would like to join. They have a huge chunk of a vast continent, and plenty more adjacent territories that would largely welcome closer links. Why would they need this all-out quest for global dominance? The mantra for Bushies is not empire, empire, empire (that was ours), it’s security, security, security. It’s been people like Niall Ferguson (on whom Parris is leaning heavily in this analysis) who have been urging empire on the Americans, not the neo-cons.

]]> By: Nick http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/05/hiatus/#comment-157 Sun, 09 May 2004 00:48:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=178#comment-157 That Canadian wasn’t Adam Yoshida, by any chance?

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