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Atlanta Journal Constitution: The president's real goal in Iraq

"This war, should it come, is intended to mark the official emergence
of
the United States as a full-fledged global empire, seizing sole
responsibility and authority as planetary policeman. It would be the
culmination of a plan 10 years or more in the making, carried out by
those
who believe the United States must seize the opportunity for global
domination, even if it means becoming the "American imperialists" that
our
enemies always claimed we were."