Loose cannons

Free World I

“[The United States'] goal is not combating a rival, but maintaining our
imperial position, and maintaining imperial order... we are in the business
of bringing down hostile governments and creating governments favorable
to us.” — Stephen Peter Rosen, professor of national security and military
affairs at Harvard University, writing in the May-June 2002 edition of
Harvard Magazine.

Free World II

“Imperial wars end, but imperial garrisons must be left in place for decades
to ensure order and stability.” — Rosen again.

Can't kill 'em quick enough?

“This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating.” — George “the Crusader”
Bush as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23.

Don’t mention the war

“For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the
great and enduring alliances of modern times.” — Bush while in Tokyo, February
18.

From Green Left Weekly, May 8, 2002.

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