Fried Rice ????
Hey Folks,
Today - in 2007 - a few things Vladimir Putin had to say were reported, and Joe Lie-berman had a retort. Well, in 2002 the Revolutionary Worker printed an analysis of a document put out by the White House and written by Condoleezza Rice.
First, below is the Putin/Lie-berman story; then the Revolutionary Worker article.
You be the judge.
- Uke Man
Putin blasts U.S. for its use of force
By DAVID RISING, Associated Press
MUNICH, Germany - Russian President
Vladimir Putin blasted the United States Saturday for the "almost uncontained" use of force in the world, and for encouraging other countries to acquire nuclear weapons.
In what his spokesman acknowledged were his harshest attacks on the U.S. since taking office in 2000, Putin also criticized U.S. plans for missile defense systems and
NATO's expansion.
Putin told a security forum attracting top officials that "we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper use of force in international relations" and that "one state, the United States, has overstepped its national borders in every way.
"This is very dangerous, nobody feels secure anymore because nobody can hide behind international law," Putin told the gathering.
Putin did not elaborate on specifics and did not mention the wars in
Iraq or Afghanistan.
But he voiced concern about U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in eastern Europe — likely in Poland and the Czech Republic — and the expansion of NATO as possible challenges to Russia.
On the missile defense system, Putin said: "I don't want to accuse anyone of being aggressive" but suggested it would seriously change the balance of power and could provoke an unspecified response.
"That balance will be upset completely and one side will have a feeling of complete security and given a free hand in local, and probably in global, conflicts..." he said. "We need to respond to this."
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., said the charge that the U.S. "aspired to get unipolar power or acted unilaterally is just not borne out by the facts."
"Even our involvement in Iraq, certainly Afghanistan, is pursuant to
United Nations resolutions," Lieberman said at the conference. "So that was provocative and wrong."
Asked if he had any reaction to Putin's charges, Defense Secretary Robert Gates just shook his head and said no.
Putin's spokesman Dimitry Peskov said the Russian leader did not intend to be confrontational, but acknowledged it was his harshest criticism of the United States since he was elected in March 2000.
Entire article at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_on_re_eu/security_conference
War Doctrine of Empire
Revolutionary Worker #1169, October 6, 2002, posted at http://rwor.org
The United States government has now, officially, declared itself the military ruler of the world. They put it down in black and white.
On September 20, the White House published its new "National Security Strategy of the United States," a 33-page document written by Dr. Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's personal tutor and top strategic adviser.
This document formally announces a new international and military doctrine for the United States-- which includes extreme changes of policy.
First, this doctrine announces, for the first time in writing, that the rulers of the U.S. have decided never to allow any government or coalition to challenge U.S. military supremacy.
The document says: "The United States must and will maintain the capability to defeat any attempt by an enemy--whether a state or non-state actor--to impose its will on the United States, our allies, or our friends... Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a military build-up in hopes of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States."
This throws out a half century of official U.S. policy involving "containment" and "deterrence"--including the idea that mutual threat between various powers created a "balance" that prevented war. Instead, the U.S. government has committed to a permanent arms race with no rival in sight, so that it can threaten or crush anyone who tries to match its power.
Second, this document rejects any notion that other people and countries have national sovereignty. It announces instead, the truly Orwellian concept of "sovereign responsibilities." It writes that the U.S. will be "convincing or compelling states to accept their sovereign responsibilities."
In other words, the U.S. will decide what a foreign government's "responsibility" is--and if that government is not convinced , the U.S. will unleash threats, bombs, "regime change," and occupation.
Third, this document announces that the U.S. has the right to launch attacks on other countries without warning, provocation or international approval. It writes "we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively..."
This doctrine of preemptive war means that the U.S. claims it has the right to attack countries simply because a government (or even small "terrorist" forces within a country) may some day wish to threaten U.S. interests. This doctrine insists that the U.S. government no longer needs evidence of hostile actions or even of the capability of taking hostile action. And the U.S. government reserves for itself the right to define what a "terrorist" is--without proving its charges to anyone.
This is a policy defending unprovoked aggression. It knowingly defies both international law and the charter of the United Nations.
A Declaration of World Domination
This new document defines a world where the U.S. constantly threatens everyone, and no one will (ever!) be allowed to develop the means to threaten the U.S.
National sovereignty is assumed to be absolute for the U.S.--unrestrained by treaty, alliance or law-- while national sovereignty has evaporated for everyone else. Gone is any sense (or pretense) of the right of peoples to rule themselves and determine their own affairs within their own borders.
This doctrine continues a rejection of treaties that might restrain U.S. military power. It pooh-poohs a 50-year-old structure of consultation and joint operations with "the Western allies."
It is the announcement that this government intends to impose, by brute force and the threat of force, the diktat of U.S. imperialism over the entire world. It is a naked, arrogant and brutish declaration of wild ambitions.
The document calls this "a distinctly American internationalism"--but is there any doubt that this means a straight-up American imperialism ?
It is worth noting that this doctrine was not voted on by Congress or approved in an election. It was not offered for debate in the media. It was not negotiated with allies. It was not approved by the United Nations. A plan for global domination is being simply announced (and put into motion!) by the decree of the American president acting on behalf of the small corporate-capitalist ruling class he answers to.
Today - in 2007 - a few things Vladimir Putin had to say were reported, and Joe Lie-berman had a retort. Well, in 2002 the Revolutionary Worker printed an analysis of a document put out by the White House and written by Condoleezza Rice.
First, below is the Putin/Lie-berman story; then the Revolutionary Worker article.
You be the judge.
- Uke Man
Putin blasts U.S. for its use of force
By DAVID RISING, Associated Press
MUNICH, Germany - Russian President
Vladimir Putin blasted the United States Saturday for the "almost uncontained" use of force in the world, and for encouraging other countries to acquire nuclear weapons.
In what his spokesman acknowledged were his harshest attacks on the U.S. since taking office in 2000, Putin also criticized U.S. plans for missile defense systems and
NATO's expansion.
Putin told a security forum attracting top officials that "we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper use of force in international relations" and that "one state, the United States, has overstepped its national borders in every way.
"This is very dangerous, nobody feels secure anymore because nobody can hide behind international law," Putin told the gathering.
Putin did not elaborate on specifics and did not mention the wars in
Iraq or Afghanistan.
But he voiced concern about U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in eastern Europe — likely in Poland and the Czech Republic — and the expansion of NATO as possible challenges to Russia.
On the missile defense system, Putin said: "I don't want to accuse anyone of being aggressive" but suggested it would seriously change the balance of power and could provoke an unspecified response.
"That balance will be upset completely and one side will have a feeling of complete security and given a free hand in local, and probably in global, conflicts..." he said. "We need to respond to this."
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., said the charge that the U.S. "aspired to get unipolar power or acted unilaterally is just not borne out by the facts."
"Even our involvement in Iraq, certainly Afghanistan, is pursuant to
United Nations resolutions," Lieberman said at the conference. "So that was provocative and wrong."
Asked if he had any reaction to Putin's charges, Defense Secretary Robert Gates just shook his head and said no.
Putin's spokesman Dimitry Peskov said the Russian leader did not intend to be confrontational, but acknowledged it was his harshest criticism of the United States since he was elected in March 2000.
Entire article at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_on_re_eu/security_conference
War Doctrine of Empire
Revolutionary Worker #1169, October 6, 2002, posted at http://rwor.org
The United States government has now, officially, declared itself the military ruler of the world. They put it down in black and white.
On September 20, the White House published its new "National Security Strategy of the United States," a 33-page document written by Dr. Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's personal tutor and top strategic adviser.
This document formally announces a new international and military doctrine for the United States-- which includes extreme changes of policy.
First, this doctrine announces, for the first time in writing, that the rulers of the U.S. have decided never to allow any government or coalition to challenge U.S. military supremacy.
The document says: "The United States must and will maintain the capability to defeat any attempt by an enemy--whether a state or non-state actor--to impose its will on the United States, our allies, or our friends... Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a military build-up in hopes of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States."
This throws out a half century of official U.S. policy involving "containment" and "deterrence"--including the idea that mutual threat between various powers created a "balance" that prevented war. Instead, the U.S. government has committed to a permanent arms race with no rival in sight, so that it can threaten or crush anyone who tries to match its power.
Second, this document rejects any notion that other people and countries have national sovereignty. It announces instead, the truly Orwellian concept of "sovereign responsibilities." It writes that the U.S. will be "convincing or compelling states to accept their sovereign responsibilities."
In other words, the U.S. will decide what a foreign government's "responsibility" is--and if that government is not convinced , the U.S. will unleash threats, bombs, "regime change," and occupation.
Third, this document announces that the U.S. has the right to launch attacks on other countries without warning, provocation or international approval. It writes "we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively..."
This doctrine of preemptive war means that the U.S. claims it has the right to attack countries simply because a government (or even small "terrorist" forces within a country) may some day wish to threaten U.S. interests. This doctrine insists that the U.S. government no longer needs evidence of hostile actions or even of the capability of taking hostile action. And the U.S. government reserves for itself the right to define what a "terrorist" is--without proving its charges to anyone.
This is a policy defending unprovoked aggression. It knowingly defies both international law and the charter of the United Nations.
A Declaration of World Domination
This new document defines a world where the U.S. constantly threatens everyone, and no one will (ever!) be allowed to develop the means to threaten the U.S.
National sovereignty is assumed to be absolute for the U.S.--unrestrained by treaty, alliance or law-- while national sovereignty has evaporated for everyone else. Gone is any sense (or pretense) of the right of peoples to rule themselves and determine their own affairs within their own borders.
This doctrine continues a rejection of treaties that might restrain U.S. military power. It pooh-poohs a 50-year-old structure of consultation and joint operations with "the Western allies."
It is the announcement that this government intends to impose, by brute force and the threat of force, the diktat of U.S. imperialism over the entire world. It is a naked, arrogant and brutish declaration of wild ambitions.
The document calls this "a distinctly American internationalism"--but is there any doubt that this means a straight-up American imperialism ?
It is worth noting that this doctrine was not voted on by Congress or approved in an election. It was not offered for debate in the media. It was not negotiated with allies. It was not approved by the United Nations. A plan for global domination is being simply announced (and put into motion!) by the decree of the American president acting on behalf of the small corporate-capitalist ruling class he answers to.
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