DON'T DRAW THAT MAP YET OF THE NEW AMERICAN EMPIRE

From: The Boston Globe | Date: June 21, 2003| Author: GEORGIE ANNE GEYER | Copyright information

WASHINGTON DO YOU SUDDENLY FEEL PART OF AN "EMPIRE"? ARE YOU MOVED TO MARCH ON MEXICO AND BUILD AQUEDUCTS IN HONDURAS? IN THE DARK OF NIGHT, WHEN THE TOWN IS STILL, DO YOU SOMETIMES SLIP AWAY INTO THE BASEMENT AND SURREPTITIOUSLY TRY ON THE UNIFORMS OF CAESAR AND HANNIBAL AND NAPOLEON? If your answer as a citizen is yes to these questions, then maybe the fervent empire-builders in this Bush administration are right - the New American Empire has taken form right before our eyes!

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