Amerikaka (NP?)

[David Morris]

Decadent Rome's Fall is ususally invoked against the US by the religious 
far-right, as it was just recently on Pat Robertson's show:   our recent 
fate was ushered in primarily because of rampant homosexuality.  And please 
remember, "Expand, or be eaten" is a common homo rallyng cry.

>From: Mike Weaver
>
>Quail:
>>This is not to say we should not address the causes, but to
>>think that our Middle eastern policies are the main fuel for this
>>fire is mistaken, and addressing the issues will take a long, long
>>time. Until then, we need to cripple their power to act as much as
>>possible.
>
>Trouble is that every rocket that hits Afghanistan recruits more young
>people for the anti-American crusade. Pakistan is being rapidly and
>dangerously polarised, if not already destabilised. This is not a path to 
>greater global security. There is no "Until then" which makes sense.
>
>You Americans may have to ask yourself what you want to survive, what you 
>want your future to be as a nation. The Amerikan empire (hegemony more 
>accurately) is  threatened by an enemy which grows stronger the more it is 
>attacked. (Sounds like Rome and the Christians - look who won).
[...]
>There's a dialectic here which won't go away. Morris Berman wrote a piece 
>in the Guardian drawing parallels between the decline of Rome and The 
>United States current situation.[...]
>Expand, or be eaten

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