As a follow-on to my post about The Economist, one of my favourite articles, an opinion piece (and therefore "biased", I'll admit that up front), about what the US should do to avoid getting even more entangled in the Middle East and inviting even worse reprisals than it already has is an article that appeared in the January issue of The Atlantic Monthly. It's still on their website free, and I highly recommend it. You may not agree with it, but even so I think it's one of those "important" articles that people should know about, even if they don't agree with the authors' conclusions. It's theme is persuading the US to get off its current unipolar (one hyperpower) foreign policy track, and start to encourage regional multipolar major power if not super powers.
FWIW: "A New Grand Strategy": http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/01/schwarzlayne.htm BTW, what made me think about this was the attack on the French supertanker that's spilled thousands of litres of oil into the waters of the coast of Yemen; almost certainly an act of deliberate terrorism. Why attack a French supertanker? Why not a U.S. one? Ah....interesting question. I don't think the target was picked at random.... -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." --Michelangelo Buonarroti Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
