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Pax Americana

Pax Occupata

Randall Amster | Posted 01.14.2012 | Politics
Read More: Global Occupy, Empire, Emma's Revolution, Colonialism, Pax Americana, Occupy Wall Street Protests, David Rovics, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Bob Dylan, Paradigm Shift, Peace, Occupy Movement, Horizontal Politics, Politics News
Randall Amster

Everyone's a bard, and all the world's a stage. The curtain is finally closing on the old order, and a new paradigm of peace is being hewn from the colossus.

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The Non-Bush Doctrine: Still Waiting for Obama's

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: War on Terrorism, Freedom Agenda, Saddam, Preemption, Iraq, Bush Unilateralism, Noriega, Pax Americana, Soviet Union, Cold War, Obama Doctrine, Containment, Clinton, Bush Doctrine, Afghanistan, George H. W. Bush, Milosevic, World News
Leon T. Hadar

That the Obama Doctrine and the foreign policy that the president has been pursuing are closer in terms of substance and approach to those advanced by Bush I and Clinton may sound like very good news.

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Assessing Obama's Foreign Policy: Guess Who Is Small Now?

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: West Bank, William Holden, Pakistan, Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder, Gloria Swanson, Obama, Iran, Pax Americana, China, Poland, Russia, National Intelligence Council, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Czech Republic, World News
Leon T. Hadar

Even a Roosevelt, a Kennedy or Reagan would have to deal with the reality that is facing Obama, in which domestic resistance and rising global challenges make it difficult for Washington to secure its military and economic hegemony.

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Good Morning, Yemen? The Mouse That Roared Was Funnier

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Yemen, Iraq, Pax Americana, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Holy Land, Middle East, Great Britain, George W. Bush, World News
Leon T. Hadar

You want some American "attention." Circulate reports that there is an Al Qaeda in [fill the space] and before you know, Uncle Sam, shows up with a nice economic stimulus package and American GI's.

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Cash for Clunkers with our Bread and Circuses in Pax Americana

Michael Pento | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Deleveraging-the-Economy, House of Representatives, Congress, Global Economy, China Economic Growth, Cnbc, Dennis Kneale, Obama Administration, Pax Romana, Global Economic Crisis, Japanese Cars, Federal Government, Pax-Americana, U.S. China Economy, Politics News
Michael Pento

It is increased production and decreased consumption that we need. We need to boost savings and pay down our debt.

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The Ponzi Scheme Presidency

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: George Bush, US Military, Warwire, Afghanistan, Pax Americana, Ponzi Scheme, Pax Republicana, Death, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Vietnam War, Neoconservatives, Korean War, Bernard Madoff, Assyrians, Charles Ponzi, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

At a cost of nearly one trillion taxpayer dollars to date, Bush's mad "global war" simply sucked needed money out of our world at levels that made Bernie Madoff seem like a small fry.

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