tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11110174.post3395121197825132627..comments2024-02-26T23:17:11.132+13:00Comments on Blessed Economist: Imperial DelusionsRon McKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989126812730583009noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11110174.post-31532314792583923402014-04-25T10:16:25.532+12:002014-04-25T10:16:25.532+12:00Then there was the election in Palestine in '0...Then there was the election in Palestine in '05--orderly and legitimate--but it didn't produce the result the US wanted, so we slapped economic sanctions on Palestine. This only increased the instability in the region. No one appeared to care that a great many Christians had voted for Hamas because Hamas was more honest than Fatah. And the assumption is always that people in other countries want what we want; few things are more amusing than an American feminist discovering that her "sisters" in Muslim countries don't want what she wants. I recall the shock when Solzhenitsyn, released from Soviet bondage at last, told us how Godless we were instead of how wonderful we were. The US is in much the same position Athens was in with the Delian League, the NATO of its day, originally designed to resist Persia but eventually an Athenian cash-cow. The Athenians thought they were really the Business, and they ended up being the Ruins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com