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I did know what you meant but made my point in a rather snarky fashion.  That is, I disagree with you on what the consequences of the US centered international system going from badly weakened (courtesy of Cheney et. al.) to dead would be.  

China has an absolutist old style sovereignty is king, what people do in their own spheres is nobody's business vision of the world. Same goes for Russia. Japan is leaning toward America. India is torn between a Chinese approach and an alliance with the US. The difference between a Clintonian, muscular liberal internationalism (my personal preference), and EU view of the world is means, not ends - and the liberal internationalists do take Europe's views on means into account.  Your dream would leave everything Europeans hate about American foreign policy intact, and their own desires for the world outside Europe itself in tatters. It would be a world where only national interests matter, human rights and economic justice would mean absolutely nothing. Think of how the US, France, and the USSR played in Africa during the Cold War - that's what you'd get all around the world.

by MarekNYC on Mon Feb 27th, 2006 at 12:04:48 PM EST
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You think having the US vacate the center is the same thing as killing the international system? In that you agree with Cheney/Bolton, and I beg to disagree... But that may well be wishful thinking.

In the long run, we're all misquoted — not Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Feb 27th, 2006 at 12:16:06 PM EST
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