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There is the further disclosure of a deliberate bid to impose a hierarchical form of world order, in other words, an imperial structure on the rest of the world, by the official approach taken in NSS 2002 toward its one plausible geopolitical rival, China. In discussing American plans for Asia-Pacific region China is given some patronizing advice, sure to cause consternation in the policy institutes at work in Beijing and Shanghai. The language is worth quoting: "In pursuing advanced military capabilities that can threaten its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region, China is following an outdated path that, in the end, will hamper its own pursuit of national greatness. In time, China will find that social and political freedom is the only source of that greatness." [NSS 2002, 27] Apparently oblivious to the inconsistency, a few paragraphs later NSS 2002 suggests the essential reliance of the US on its military superiority: "It is time to reaffirm the essential role of American military strength. We must build our defenses beyond challenge." [p.29] And further, "[T]he unparalleled strength of the United States armed forces, and their forward presence, have maintained the peace in some of the world's most strategically vital reigons." [p.29] To lecture China (and presumably others) about the outdatedness of military power while spending devoting more resources to its military budget than the next fifteen countries combined can only be understood as a message from the imperial capital to a subordinate part of the empire.

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Necessary Disclaimers

Necessary Disclaimers

This is essentially just a collection of links, with some vague notes with links to where the information comes from, when and if it is, as such, available. I carry no pretense that it is authoritative: the web is a harsh mistress for anybody looking to read a little non-fiction. I'm trying my best though: the only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

Unless otherwise noted linkless entries for the most part should be considered, so far as I know, debatable as such.

The resources for background and sourcing is information available on the web or in the bibliography, and so it should be assumed that entries without links are by and large things I probably know little about beyond having heard brief mention of elsewhere (which is why it exists: because one doesn't already). That means it may or may not belong there, or may or may not have in fact happened, and that further reading, googling, library visits, and documentation is required, which is generally true anyway. Entries are usually based on a solid suspicion, but for instance the entry on Guyana at one point said flat out that the CIA had been responsible for the assassination of Walter Rodney because where I heard about it said as much, and it turns out after digging around for information on it that CIA involvement remains an allegation that is disputable and pending further FOIA inquiries. Everything true is classified.

As any telling of history will be painted by the biases of the teller I will briefly outline my own, more than obvious, biases. These are as follows: on the part of greater recognition of basic human rights, liberty, respect for sovereignty and just and lawful interaction between sovereign entities, and the improving of general human welfare - after that I don't really give a crap which ideological pins the subject is brandishing on the lapel: it doesn't appear to matter very often.

Such biases should be in general keeping with those of most sane persons, as even staunch capitalists and staunch socialists are usually able to recognize that what is generally passed off as either has almost nothing to do with what the words actually refer to, that's why India has markets, the United States has a welfare state, and China has gulags. The world does not, despite the efforts of statesmen to make it otherwise, revolve around black and white clashes between ideologies. Human suffering itself isn't black and white, except in that it exists, and liberty in that it often doesn't.

Objective interpretation is left as an exercise for the reader, as I'm obviously still getting a handle on that myself.

I won't be adding entries related to Israel anytime soon, as I'm somewhat interested in keeping the noise-to-signal ratio down (Israel-Palestinian conflict and US involvement there-in qualifies as the former), and my beefs on that inane, persistent, troll of a topic are made quite clear elsewhere.

If a link is broken please notify me, or try the Wayback Machine.

--buermann





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