tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post4761342126219358622..comments2024-01-16T03:21:37.695-08:00Comments on Gancho: Provocative Conclusionpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-74013209100837130082011-09-12T13:04:00.657-07:002011-09-12T13:04:00.657-07:00I dunno about the idea that 9-11 inexorably broke ...I dunno about the idea that 9-11 inexorably broke the US soul being common currency. Even if it is, I think it's wrong.<br /><br />Point taken about Grenada and Panama (not to mention dozens of other Caribbean and Central American interventions in years past), but I think that just further supports my conclusion that there's little reason to think that 9-11 and our reaction to it, lamentable though it was, marked a sudden change and permanent decline in the US way of life and all that. WHat he is complaining about is better seen against the broader context of the last 30 years of rightward shift rather than just our freaky reaction to a freak event marking a sea change.<br /><br />And insofar as America will no longer be a world power to the degree that it was, I dont think that has as much to do with 9-11 and the WoT (though Iraq certainly didn't help) as with the economic crisis and the rise of Asia.pchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-27029429999957880852011-09-12T12:42:27.802-07:002011-09-12T12:42:27.802-07:00OOPS:
The U.S. attacked Panama and Grenada (und...OOPS: <br /><br />The U.S. attacked Panama and Grenada (under conservative administrations, but pre-S-11)...<br /><br />Hope THAT's not a premise for editorial invasion :-)Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-32428681088478265852011-09-12T12:40:08.834-07:002011-09-12T12:40:08.834-07:00I'm not particularly nuanced when it comes to ...I'm not particularly nuanced when it comes to talking about U.S. Conservatism either (which used to be about isolationism, not spreading international mayhem), but much of what he said is common currency. Even the "conservative" (and pro-military) San Antonio Express-News made the same critique in their lead editorial yesterday. <br /><br />I'm not sure what the last time the United States didn´t invade some other nation "on the shakiest of premises"... The U.S. attacked Panama and Grenada (conservatives, but pre-S-11) in this part of the world for what reason exactly?Richardhttp://voiceofmexico.comnoreply@blogger.com