Steve wrote:

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:40:59 -0600, Conan The Librarian
wrote:

IMHO it looks like nothing so much as Manifest Destiny dusted off
and given a new suit of clothes.

So you think that Divine Providence has expanded our franchise? ;-)
Bush could very well believe that.
Nothing encourages sin like the blessing of one's deity.

I fear those who believe they have some duty to expand our role of
influence and to enforce their own sense of morals on other countries at
gunpoint in the name of gawd. There were a couple of phrases in
particular that give me the creeps:

"... America's unique role in preserving and extending an
international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our
principles".

" ... Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity"


Chuck Vance (just what is this "international order" anyway ...
is it anything like the "new world order"?)