----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Don't forget the U.S.'s junior partners, like Canada, the EU, and > Japan, who sometimes act as if they're above the imperial screwing > even as they benefit from it. > > Doug ==================== Not long after 9-11 there was a "town hall" type meeting in Europe featuring a woman from the Council on Foreign Relations [if I remember correctly] that was broadcast on late night radio in Seattle. Anyway, she brought up the US as the world's cop [strange how the imperialists see their role] while the cost of doing so fell on US taxpayers, Europe, Japan Canada etc. reaped the benefits in terms of social safety net expenditures that didn't have to go to weapon systems. She asserted that over time, those countries standard of living would simply surpass the US, if they haven't already because the weapons systems etc. were only going to get more and more expensive and this could, in turn lead to a resentment on the part of US taxpayers vis a vis those countries and that when that day comes, watch out. Ian
