Friday, July 31, 2009

The End of Empire

The ever-sensible Chalmers Johnson:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/30-11

"Unfortunately, few empires of the past voluntarily gave up their dominions in order to remain independent, self-governing polities. The two most important recent examples are the British and Soviet empires. If we do not learn from their examples, our decline and fall is foreordained."

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