the empire strikes back... and again... and again...

[rone]

Robert Jensen writes a great article in which he criticizes Michael Moore for, essentially, being a lazy blowhard who should have used his considerable talent and assets to make a more effective movie that takes American imperialism to task, which is pretty much what i've been saying for the last few weeks, except Jensen does fifty times a better job.

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I guess the trick is to decide whether it is our job to put an end to "Napoleonic adventures" worldwide. I'd like to see, at the very least, some consistency (as well as, if we're going to do it, do it well). I can at least claim to not have been a war advocate in the `90s. My opinion is that if a rogue country's neighbors aren't concerned enough about its actions to either do something about it, or ask the UN to do something about it, then why the hell should the US be concerned?

I can turn a blind eye to Afghanistan, despite the huge cock-up we made of it, because it is possible that our actions there hampered Al Qaida activities.

Clark may well be a soldier, but he didn't exactly strike me as an imperialist, unless i'm not understanding what you're getting at.