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MICKEY KAUS CHARGES OBAMA WITH ?Humanitarian Imperialism? and observes: ?I think that label will st?

By Glenn Reynolds

MICKEY KAUS CHARGES OBAMA WITH “Humanitarian Imperialism” and observes: “I think that label will stick. And in a true empire?in this case, the empire of UN approved human rights enforcement?war never really ends. Always someone to protect somewhere. Imagine living in imperial Britain in the mid-19th century. There would almost always be a war or police action?actual shooting and killing?going on.** For a true empire to work? even, or perhaps especially, a humanitarian empire?war has to be routinized. You?ve got two wars going already? No need to change the president?s schedule to start a third. Tour Latin America. Talk about your NCAA brackets. Don?t give a big speech?I mean, you don?t call a press conference every time the police run a sobriety checkpoint do you?”

I don’t think the Obama Administration is this clever, but these charges may still resonate with some.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 28, 2011 (boomark / email).