Out with the old, in with the new
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1407210,00.html
The Iraqi elections were designed not to preserve the unity of Iraq but
to re-establish the unity of the west
Tariq Ali
Monday February 7, 2005
The Guardian
The US, unlike the empires of old Europe, has always preferred to
exercise its hegemony indirectly. It has relied on local relays -
uniformed despots, corrupt oligarchs, pliant politicians, obedient
monarchs - rather than lengthy occupations. It was only when rebellions
from below threatened to disrupt this order that the marines were
dispatched and wars fought.
Tariq Ali
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Hegemon
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