Oh, Lawrence, here you go again. A whole string of misunderstandings and one-sided
understanding.
The World Order? Just who introduced the phrase "New World Order"? That was Bush Sr. But it
turned out to be just a marketing slogan, similar to his "thousand points of light", without
any meaning.
And what was the old world order? It's been there for the last 50 years: NATO, SEATO, the
UN, the vast array of international treaties, and so on.
And that is precisely what the Neocons have disrupted. They are trying to destory the old
world order and create a new one: a unilateralist global hyperpower that is unbound by any
treaties and decides for the rest of the planet, based on its self interests. That's why
it's so funny that you talk about rogue states, and then you seize on Iran as the rogue
state, when Iran has zero chance of invading anything beyond its immediate neighbors. The
rogue state that is disrupting the world order is staring you in the face, and you can't see
it.
As for 1805: who was the superpower of the 1700s? Vast wealth, massive global navy, standing
armies, and a worldwide array of colonies? So utterly typical of your narrow self-interest
that you think it was the Brits. It's not really your fault, you have an American education
and thus you don't know what the censors deleted from the US schoolbooks. I'll give you a
clue: What is the pidgeon standing on in Trafalgar Square?
A distinguished historian at West Point doesn't impress me much. The Bush White House has a
whole string of distinguished professors from major universities. Look at the fiasco they
got us into. It may well be the biggest disaster of any major country for the last 300
years.
Simon is right: this is just more neocon.
yrs, andreas www.andreas.com
Kagan has taught at West Point, is considered a distinguished military historian but, no doubt he doesn't measure up to your credentials which are what? Of course one doesn't needed credentials to present evidence, the assumptions from which you might be able to draw a conclusion (missing in the note below). He just completed the first volume on Napoleon. I thought there were to be three total volumes but Amazon.com says four. I heard him on C-Span and he had some interesting ideas.
I don't know what the heck is wrong with you guys. A distinguished historian introduces some new ides and you and Andreas do a little clown act. If you don't have anything to add, any reference or example backing up your claim that you know more than Kagan, then what are you doing? Do either of you know what a World Order is? I know Andreas doesn't from what he said, and I don't think you do either because you focused on "Hegemon" and not the World order of which Britain was the protector and against which Napoleon reacted.
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