[DB]

Wow!

I think all this hate going around is going to have actual consequences for all of us some time in the not too distant future. If Iraq becomes a success, it will only get worse. Shame and hate are a bad combination...

[Clive]

Hatred of Great Britain was endemic in the world during the time of Pax Britannica, just as, I suppose it was of Rome during Pax Romanica.

Why should it be any different during Pax Americana?

But there is a logic of empire that requires the pre-eminent world power to press on regardless.