RE: The world and George W. Bush (fwd)

> From: wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu [mailto:wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu]On
> Behalf Of Boris Stremlin
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 2:57 PM
> To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK
> Subject: The world and George W. Bush (fwd)
>
>
> Will a George W. Bush administration accelerate US decline (but would
> such a decline be irreversible)?  Here is what Wallerstein thinks:

Apparently he does.  While one would be hard pressed to disagree that a
"decline of U.S. power in the world" is inevitable,  I've still to be
convinced that an increase of US military power in the short run is a
decline of US power in the short run.   And how long is the short run?
Maybe it's actually a middle run.  In that case, when does US military power
*begin* to decline?  Ten years from now?  Twenty?  What about what's going
on now and in the foreseeable future?