It is, in my mind, very typical of western thought and especially American thought. The lives, aspirations, the very humanity of Iraqis, are of no interest to Brzezinski except where perceptions of America's will, might, and intentions (or in other words, America's prestige) are at stake.

But, in other ways, the article is very revealing:

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The overall goal of a comprehensive U.S. strategy to undo the errors of recent years should be cooling down the Middle East, instead of heating it up. The "unipolar moment" that the Bush administration's zealots touted after the collapse of the Soviet Union has been squandered to generate a policy based on the unilateral use of force, military threats and occupation masquerading as democratization -- all of which has pointlessly heated up tensions, fueled anti-colonial resentments and bred religious fanaticism.

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Originally posted by Frustrated Mess:
Is Brzezinski acknowledging, finally, the US is a colonial power?

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