Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Isolationist Imperialism 

It strikes me that the policy the Bush administration is practicing is ISOLATIONIST IMPERIALISM. Sound oximoronic? Well, think of this: they are imperialistic in that they want to extend US power throughout the world. But they are isolationist because they don't want to engage other nations in a diplomatic way at all. We hate the notion of consensus altogether. "Do it our way, or forget about it!" It's as though we can't even conceive that there are other nations in the world, much less other opinions about policy. Our heads are completely in the ground about diplomacy. Rule of Law? Forget about it! We're the law, buddy! Makes me sick.
posted by Steven Harris @  2:24 PM Comments-[ comments.]