The Sorrows of Empire (65 page)

disinformation and,
298
–303

economic,
5
–6,
28
,
255
–58,
277

extent and roots of American,
1
–5

euphemisms, for,
13
,
29
,
71
,
191
,
192
,
283
–84

failed states and,
71

fall of Soviet empire and U.S.,
21
,
310

fight against communism and,
2
–3,
64
–65

globalism and,
255
–56,
262
–77

“humanitarian,”
67
,
71
–72

idealistic vs. military,
70
–72

Iraq war and,
236
–37

logic of, and space,
81
–83

militarism inseparable from,
30

military bases and,
7
–8,
23
–27,
37
,
151
,
152
,
187
–88,
237
–53

Monroe doctrine and,
191

multinational corporations and,
30
–31

nineteenth-century,
35
–36,
42
–43

post-9/11,
3
–4,
67
–68,
215

recent endorsement of,
67
–68

reluctance theme in,
191

sorrows of, post-Iraq war,
284
–85

Spanish-American War and,
39
–44

superpowers and, during Cold War,
32
–35

surrogate soldiers and,
131
–49

Theodore Roosevelt and,
51

unconstrained,
67
–68

wars tied with,
187
–88,
214
–15

Wilsonian foundations for,
47
–52

imperial overstretch,
13
,
310

Incirlik Air Base (Turkey),
240
,
252

Independent Institute,
308

India,
181

British Empire and,
50
,
70
,
81
,
82
,
134
,
138
–39,
217

military training programs,
137

nuclear weapons and,
163
–64

rice patents and,
271
–72

Indian emigrants,
29
–30

Indonesia,
65
,
131
,
137
–38,
203
,
209

East Timor and,
75
–76,
125

economic crisis,
255
,
267
,
273

Indonesia Petroleum,
179

industrialization,
208
,
261
,
269

“industrial policy,”
277
–78

information warfare,
299
–306

Insight,
58

Institute for Energy and Environmental Research,
73

intellectual property,
256
,
259
,
269
–71

intelligence,
1
,
124

analysis, as cover,
10

fabrication of, to justify war,
127
,
301
–6

listening posts and sharing,
161
–67

U.S. citizens and,
296
–98

intelligence agencies,
3
,
12
,
18
,
32
.
See also
specific agencies

Defense Department, vs. CIA,
126
–28

secret budgets,
12
,
78
–80,
117
–20,
312

intelligence estimates,
9
–10

intelligence SAP (IN-SAP),
118

Intelligence Support Activity (ISA),
128
–29

intercontinental ballistic missile,
290

international agreements,
73
–78

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
89
,
90
,
304
–5

International Charter, Inc.,
140

International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty,
72

International Court of Justice,
291

International Criminal Court (ICC),
4
,
73
–75,
256

International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission,
275
–76

international law,
22
,
24
–25,
214
,
233
,
272
,
281
,
283
,
310

International Military Education and Training Program (IMET),
132
,
135
–37,
140

International Monetary Fund (IMF),
68
,
71
,
256
–57,
264
–69,
273
–78

international order

destabilization of,
284
,
286
–88

trade and,
257

International Peace Operations Association,
141

international security organization, proposed,
71

International Telecommunications Satellite organization (Intelsat),
161

Internet,
297

investment banks,
26

Iraklion base (Greece),
205

Iran,
211
,
217
,
235
,
244
,
245
,
251
,
252

Afghan refugees and,
177

“axis of evil” and,
20
,
64
,
77

coup of 1953,
167
–68,
220

Israel and,
235

oil and,
168
,
170
,
172
–74,
218

as obstacle to U.S. domination,
189
,
215

potential war on,
235
,
310

revolution of 1979,
222
–23,
224

Iran-Contra scandal,
130
,
228
,
234

Iranian hostage crisis,
123
,
128
,
222
–23

Iran-Iraq war,
224
–25

Iraq,
217
–53,
290
.
See also
Iraq War of 2003; Persian Gulf War (Gulf War I)

“axis of evil” and,
20
,
77

bombing,
280

British and,
70

Bush II and,
88

coup of 1958 in,
223

Israeli raid on,
70

no-fly zones,
232
,
233
,
240

post-war U.S. bases in,
198
,
214
,
215
,
226
,
242

private military companies and,
141

reconstruction contracts,
308
–9

Shi’ites and,
224

strategic position of,
217

U.S. bases in Gulf and,
244

U.S. support for, in 1980s,
144
,
223
–25

U.S. troops currently in,
288

Iraqi exiles,
305

Iraq War of 2003,
62
,
145
,
183

as achievement of neocons,
71

al-Qaeda link as pretext for,
126
–27,
305
–6

Bulgaria and,
146

Bush II decision to go alone,
73

Coalition Media Center and,
249

congressional vote on,
292

cost of,
306
–7

democracy as pretext for,
233

domestic politics as motive for,
236

DU ammunition in,
101
–2

economic impact of, on U.S.,
306
–7

“embedded” reporters and,
115
–16

fall of Baghdad and,
283

fragging and,
104

Germany and,
198

Guantanámo prisoners and,
42

imperialism and militarism as motive for,
61
,
236
–37,
310

information warfare to justify,
299
–306

international impact of,
95
,
283
–84

Israel and,
234
–35

Kuwait bases and,
242
–43

lack of exit strategy for,
236
–37

lack of intelligence estimate before,
10
–11

lack of legitimacy of,
215
,
256

looting and,
234

military base acquisition and,
24
,
189
,
190
,
214
–15

military bases in Persian Gulf and,
222
,
226
–28,
253

military purchases for,
2

military recruitment and,
99
9/11 as pretext for,
229
–32

North Korea and,
88
,
90
–91

number of troops,
283

plan to remake, as client state,
283

push for, prior to 9/11,
227
–29,
233
–35,
308

Qatar and,
246
,
248
–49

refusal of other nations to pay for,
307

Saudi bases and,
240

Turkey and,
252

“un-American” to question,
4

UN and,
232
–33,
301
–5

Wilson foreign policy as precursor of,
47

WMDs and,
94
,
229
–30,
304
–6

Islamic militants,
139
,
172
,
177
,
237
–38,
288

isolationism,
3
,
44

Israel,
31
,
70
,
102
,
137
,
139
,
153
,
215
,
242
,
281
,
291

Iraq and,
70
,
234
–35

UN and,
76
,
133

Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
235
,
244
,
246

Italy,
8
,
34
,
43
,
56