Krugman can be proud of his efforts to shed some truth on the mendacious and militant Bush regime, but he should remember that the roots of the current phase of our empire were firmly and consciously put in place beginning with our reconstruction of a postwar world order that would serve the needs of U.S. investors first, no matter the consequences for democracy.
Yeah, but it's important to remember that Western Europe was being reconstructed so serve as the junior partners of empire, whereas Iraq is conceived of as a vassal state. And if they could, the Bush admin would probably prefer to treat Afghanistan like the burned-out reactor at Chernobyl, buried in concrete. But they can't quite do that.
Doug
