[u-89]

Did you see this by Fukuyama yet?

"The first is that nation-building is a difficult, long-term enterprise with high costs in manpower, lives, and resources....

"we are in this business for the long haul. We'd better get used to it"

[steve50]

"the United States needs to create a central authority, backed by a permanent staff, to manage ongoing and future nation-building activities.

I guess a permanent staff would be one outside of year to year political disruptions.

[JohnGalt]

Well, at least this Trickster shows his utter contempt for our country in print.

[billbears]

Our "empire" may be a transitional one grounded in democracy and human rights, but our interests dictate that we learn how better to teach other people to govern themselves."

And what 'interests' would those be? Are these 'interests' outlined in the Constitution? Perhaps we could decide not to bother with outside nations for awhile and deal with the problems in our own nation of states, which contrary to President Bush does not include Mexico.

At least the author is finally accepting of the term 'empire' instead of denying it as many neocons do. And the first step in dealing with a problem is accepting that it exists..