I don't think the article was particularly about Bush per se but rather about militarism in general. But I agree with your approach; Bush GOOD Bush GOOD. There, now we all are much the wiser.

>This is what is commonly refered to as a "pile of crap"
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>The authors make biased assumptions and then load suppositions on those assumptions.
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>Wait, I forgot: Bush BAD Bush BAD Bush BAD ... OK, now I feel injected with the same amount of subjectivity and I feel better.
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>>>>http://www.harpers.org/RepublicOrEmpire.html
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>>>Interesting analysis. Frightening, too.
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>>Yes, interesting. I find his ending paragraph quite sad and thought provoking:
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>>Of course, bankruptcy will not mean the literal end of the United States any more than it did for Germany in 1923, China in 1948, or Argentina in 2001. It might, in fact, open the way for an unexpected restoration of the American system, or for military rule, revolution, or simply some new development we cannot yet imagine. Certainly, such a bankruptcy would mean a drastic lowering of the current American standard of living, a loss of control over international affairs, a process of adjusting to the rise of other powers, including China and India, and a further discrediting of the notion that the United States is somehow exceptional compared with other nations. The American people will be forced to learn what it means to be a far poorer nation and the attitudes and manners that go with it.
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