Monbiot is with Wolfowitz, as am I.
Prior to reading Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, I would have said, "what, are you crazy?" But he is right. The wolfowitz appointment is actually good thing: it shows up this institution for what it really is.
The Brettons Woods institutions serve the hegemonic interests of the United States, and have always done so. There is nothing benevolent about them. What is surprising is, seemingly how much more important "waiving their dicks" at everybody is to neocons, than safeguarding their interests:
"The former British minister Clare Short laments that “it’s as though they are trying to wreck our international systems.”(17) Well, what a tragedy that would be. I would sob all the way to the party...this surely illustrates is the unacknowledged paradox in neocon thinking. They want to drag down the old, multilateral order and replace it with a new, American one. What they consistently fail to understand is that the “multilateral” system is in fact a projection of US unilateralism, cleverly packaged to grant the other nations just enough slack to prevent them from fighting it. Like their opponents, the neocons have failed to understand how well Roosevelt and Truman stitched up the international order in America’s interests. They are seeking to replace a hegemonic system which is enduring and effective with one which is untested and (because the other nations must fight it) unstable. Anyone who believes in global justice should wish them luck." - Monbiot
On that note I wish them neocons well. It's going to take at least two generations to undue the effects of the Bush Legacy to the US. Ironically, this same legacy may be good for the rest of the world in the long run. For the first time in history, American hegemony is being questioned and challenged at the unlikeliest places.
At this point, I just want Boy Emperor to fuck-up majorly at every turn. Go-ahead invade Iran: overreach militarily, the economy can't afford it. It's the perfect diet for the end of empire.
The Brettons Woods institutions serve the hegemonic interests of the United States, and have always done so. There is nothing benevolent about them. What is surprising is, seemingly how much more important "waiving their dicks" at everybody is to neocons, than safeguarding their interests:
"The former British minister Clare Short laments that “it’s as though they are trying to wreck our international systems.”(17) Well, what a tragedy that would be. I would sob all the way to the party...this surely illustrates is the unacknowledged paradox in neocon thinking. They want to drag down the old, multilateral order and replace it with a new, American one. What they consistently fail to understand is that the “multilateral” system is in fact a projection of US unilateralism, cleverly packaged to grant the other nations just enough slack to prevent them from fighting it. Like their opponents, the neocons have failed to understand how well Roosevelt and Truman stitched up the international order in America’s interests. They are seeking to replace a hegemonic system which is enduring and effective with one which is untested and (because the other nations must fight it) unstable. Anyone who believes in global justice should wish them luck." - Monbiot
On that note I wish them neocons well. It's going to take at least two generations to undue the effects of the Bush Legacy to the US. Ironically, this same legacy may be good for the rest of the world in the long run. For the first time in history, American hegemony is being questioned and challenged at the unlikeliest places.
At this point, I just want Boy Emperor to fuck-up majorly at every turn. Go-ahead invade Iran: overreach militarily, the economy can't afford it. It's the perfect diet for the end of empire.
posted by knikik at 5:27 AM
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