Picking Winners
EDB at Anecdotes from a Banana Republic reports on the US taking sides in the Lebanese government crisis by imposing a Travel ban for Lebanese opposed to Saniora government.
Just as the US has unilaterally decided that Fatah must rule the Palestinian territories, the US has decided that Saniora’s collection of warlords must be the government of Lebanon, and no vote should be held.
You have to wonder how the US government would respond if China started dictating the leadership of Mexico or Canada. The truth is, Syria is involved with Lebanon because they are neighbors with a long common border, and Iran is concerned with Iraq because they are neighbors with a long common border.
It may come as a shock to some in the Hedgemony, but the US isn’t the only country in the world that has a foreign policy, and vital interests in other countries.
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Is Hedgemony a special word referring to Hedge fund investors?
It’s a word I coined for the Shrubbery’s administration. The Soviets were always on about the hegemony of the West, so I combined “hedge” and hegemony to refer to this administration. I’ve been using it for about six weeks.
Good neologism, Bryan.
Now I’m trying to remember who it was that used to exclaim, “hegemony cricket!”
I’ve seen Steve at the Modulator use the phrase, but it has certainly more widespread than that —[google]— yep, much more widespread.