O Intermitente
(So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good-bye)

segunda-feira, junho 23, 2003

The New Gloomsayers

"Abroad, this astounding run of success has generated a discernible uptick in expressions of envy. At home, one reaction has been a revival of premonitory scenarios of gloom. Just as the declinists of the late 1980s took aim at the spirit of national self-confidence that had been engendered by President Reagan's upbeat rhetoric and the success of his economic and foreign policies, so today's Cassandras seek to rouse the public from the complacency of America's present vaunting status. They take aim at the very things--military mastery, the spread of democracy and markets--that others interpret as signs of American triumph. Will their warnings prove better founded than those of Messrs. Kennedy, Prestowitz and Pfaff"

O autor analisa três livros recentemente (?) editados que argumentam que as actuais politicas seguidas pela administração americana trazem consequências nefastas não só para os restantes países como para os próprios EUA. Agora, como no passado, os profetas da desgraça estão bastante equivocados...
posted by Miguel Noronha 5:59 da tarde