thing is that the actions of the bush administration are not new--the united states has long supported regimes that engaged in practices like torture, was instrumental in many cases in training the folk who carried out these "interrogation techniques" (achool of the americas anyone?)---the history of american foriegn policy since world war 2 is very different from what many folk seem to prefer to think. i dont think that the credibility issues that the americans find themselves plagued with are simple functions of its relative power (in what sectors?) but rather follow from choices made by successive administrations--the cold war, vietnam, chile, argentina nicaragua panama bushworld--concerning HOW the americans choose to act on the basis of that position.
it could be otherwise, in principle.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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