[Buffalo Tom]

At this point, I don't believe there was a government conspiracy to allow 9/11 to occur. However, if evidence did turn up that such a conspiracy existed, let's just say I will be the least surprised person on the planet.

What I find surprising is that a report advocating a similiar Pax Americana surfaced in 1992 during Bush Senior's administration, written by then undersecretary for Defense Wolfowitz, and it was quickly dismissed by the Republican administration. I am disturbed to see that the forces for American-driven globalization have gained such power that what was ludicrous in 1992 has become common-sense in 2003.

The chair of the Project of the New American Century, Donald Kagan, a professor of Classical Greek History at Yale, was blunt about what he thinks is the United States' role in the world: "You saw the movie 'High Noon'? We're Gary Cooper."