Jurriaan writes: >It could also be possible that it's not the beginning of the end of
empire, but the beginning of a new modus operandi of the empire. After all, invading
and occupying a country is only one method for enforcing domination.<
of course. In fact, "invading and occupying a country" (which also happened with
Kosovo, Haiti, etc.) is a return to the old ways, before neocolonialism (which relies
on informal domination, as with the IMF). But my point is that the US may _lose_ the
war in Iraq, which would be a blow against the empire.
BTW, as with the Vietnam war, it's quite possible for both sides to lose.
Jim Devine
