In Praise of Empires: Globalization and the World Order

[RebelAgainstEmpire]

http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=5791&schedID=359

On Sunday, May 22 at 2:15 pm

Description: Economist Deepak Lal urges the United States to flex its imperial power. In his new book, "In Praise of Empires," he argues that if the U.S. doesn't begin to recognize its power, that power will eventually shift to another emerging state such as China or India. The author is joined by panelists Robert Kagan of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Allan Meltzer, a Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.

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At least some of these guys don't hide it. Much like the guy from Suskind's article a while back, who talked about how the rabble sits in the "reality based community", while the empire builders do what they're paid to do.

[Frederik]

1. Too late

Much of that power, which reached its zenith during the Clinton presidency, has now been squandered. With a national debt of $8 trillion, a weak dollar, soaring trade and current account deficits, an overstretched and impotent military, a loss of international respect, a broken Western alliance, a more independent Europe, and a declining "approval rating" in much of the world, I don't think there's much "imperial power" to flex.

[orwell]

3. In the End...

..."economic power" seems to come from the end of a gun barrel.

[G2099]

2. Sounds like a nut case . . .

IMHO