Imperial Overstretch, wieder einmal

Geschrieben von Andreas am 28. Februar 2004 16:04:36:

Ein Buch von Chalmers Johnson mit dem Titel "The sorrows of empire" widmet sich diesem Thema.

http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo02172004.html

"Bush and the Pentagon are bankrupting the nation, dismantling the Constitution, and leading us down the path to endless war. America is afflicted with the same "economic sclerosis of the former USSR," Chalmers explains in a ZNet interview. But at least Mikhail Gorbachev tried to reform the Soviet Union before it imploded. No such luck with Bush and the neocons. "The United States is not even trying to reform, but it is certain that vested interests here would be as great or greater an obstacle.

That is, more and more functions -- including domestic police functions -- will be transferred from civilian institutions to the military, and the military will have ever greater authority in our society. We know how that will end. We're talking here about imperial overstretch, and the weaknesses of the imperial structure that will ultimately lead to a collapse...

Gruss
Andreas




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