From: Terry W. Colvin (fortean1@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 19:07:43 MDT
Terry fwded:
> Hail Bush: A new Roman empire
>
> Sydney Morning Herald, September 20 2002
>
> They came, they saw, they conquered. Now the United States dominates the
> world. With the rise of the New Age Roman empire, Jonathan Freedland asks
> how long before the fall?
>
This was originally published in the UK Guardian on Wednesday 18 (see my
post then). On Friday 20, there was an equally interesting follow-up article
by historian Linda Colley arguing that the US's global activities actually
puts it closer to the good old British Empire - see
< http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,795493,00.html >
TimC
The Empire never ended!
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