American Empire Unveiled

Bush delivered his Iraq war speech to AEI last night, and "didn't disappoint the crowd, moving away from arguments rooted in weapons of mass destruction, and embracing far broader geopolitical goals."

If the overheated rhetoric on "bringing democracy to the Mid East" sounds nauseatingly familiar, that's good. It means you've been paying attention to the neo-Reaganites, the PNACers, and everyone else who has hijacked post-9/11 foreign policy towards Empire.

(Liberal Oasis link via mousemusings)