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If you read between the lines, Bush said it himself when we "liberated" Iraq - he doesn't want the Iraqis to choose their government. It's either our way or the highway...American-style democracy, or else.
Our government wants friendly governments installed everywhere around the globe. It will make them easy trading parteners. Also, having trade agreements will make it easier to leverage their governments into political deals (using money made from trade) and forcing other countries to adopt polices we like. Its global domination and yes, it is imperialism, but on a sneakier, more slimey scale.
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"Yesterday we bowed our heads to kings and bent our necks to emperors. But today we kneel only to truth..."
- Kahlil Gibran
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