Speaking of oil and the Chicago Tribune (reg. req'd), there is a story in the Perspective section this morning on an inevitable war with Iraq.

This may have been inevitable from the start, and its ramifications go far beyond Iraq. The new U.S. security doctrine, issued by the White House three months ago, declares the American system the "single sustainable model" for the world. The doctrine states that the U.S. will defend and promote this model by using all its "unprecedented and unequal strength," including a military superiority that will be maintained permanently and "beyond challenge."



Challenges, it says, will be met, with allies if possible but alone if necessary. The U.S. will not wait to be attacked but "will act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed."



This is the triple doctrine of dominance, unilateralism and pre-emption--all new to American strategic thinking. It is a doctrine of power verging on empire. But to be taken seriously, it must meet any challenge whenever it arises.

This troubles me. The politics of going to war for oil aside, this attitude of absolute American dominance really disturbs me because it seems like just another way of bringing hatred down on our heads again. The world has changed. Terrorist cells are not distinct countries--the tactics of intimidation and overbearing power cannot prevent an attack the way they used to. More importantly, I am worried about what our allies. The world is far smaller today than it was before. We cannot do without allies. Cannot. I support our current Administration, and I don't think our policy should be wholly subject to the ratification of the world, but when everyone but Britain thinks you are overstepping your bounds, it's time to take pause for a moment.

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