Subject: RE: Excellent Article by Paul Krugman of the NYTimes
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 18:39:39 -0800


Yes, History.
Just look at how alliances and diplomacy worked in the Europe of the 1930s.

Bob

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Straathof
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Subject: Re: Excellent Article by Paul Krugman of the NYTimes

on 18 Mar 2003 12:02:00 David <persona69-AT-comcast.net> wrote:

>
>Things to Come
>
>By PAUL KRUGMAN
>
[snip]
>
>In February  2003, according to Ha'aretz, an Israeli newspaper, Under
>Secretary of State John Bolton told Israeli officials that after defeating
>Iraq the United States would "deal with" Iran, Syria and North Korea.

Thinking along the lines of the "regime change" doctrine, i bet Colombia
and Venezuela will be high on the target list too. And what about Africa,
our mother continent, will she again be the battleground for the global
power players, raped and carved up ? I weep for Africa already.

It's impossible to predict what will happen on the geopolitical scene the
coming years. But if history has taught us anything, especially within the
frame of an emerging multi-polar political field, it is not military might
but the art of diplomacy, the skills of negotiation and forging alliances,
that have proved crucial and most succesful for (state) security.

yours,
Jan

also check out Wallerstein's latest and somewhat sarcastic commentary:
http://fbc.binghamton.edu/109en.htm





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