Is The US Imperialistic?

According to a paper published by the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) it is not. This paper called, "Democracy Club" this is why they say it, " If the United States can't impose its will on a small country like Iraq, it's probably not bent on world domination." A really good analysis but the Professor does not agree. The US is, especially under the leadership of the Bush Admin is imperialistic. The failure is their approach to imposing their will on the Iraqi people, not the fact that they cannot. They still found excuses to justify the invasion and occupation of another country, the problem is they did not heed the warnings given to them of the consequences. The US is STILL an imperialistic government under the Bush admin leadership.

This is also what the PPI paper purposes: "Some U.S. progressives are coalescing around an idea they hope will resolve this dilemma: a Concert of Democracies. As envisioned by the Princeton Project, led by John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter, the Concert would combine non- Western nations like Japan, India, South Korea, and Australia with the trans-Atlantic partners in a global alliance of some 60 genuinely liberal democracies."

The "group" that they are considering to make up this "club" are the countries with the most to gain by controlling another country. These are the largest users of resources, the biggest polluters, etc. All this club will do is try to make it safer for the world's largest capitalist countries to control the resources of smaller more weak countries.

Sorry, but imperialism by any other name is still imperialism.

CHUQ
28 Sept 2007