hegemony humbled

[Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

US backs down in its attempts to win Security Council endorsement of
exemption of its forces from possible redress in International
Criminal Court after strong warning by Secretary General.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/23/us.war.crimes.court.ap/index.html

Compare to how this adminstration was purging UN officials it did not
like four years ago.


U.S. offers deal if N. Korea halts nuclear program

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/nkorea.talks/index.html

US has been forced to respond to the audacious demand of North Korea
for a treaty guaranteeing its security, launched just as US was
preparing to invade Iraq.

This is a superpower that has been humiliated into recognising the
limits of its powers, not least its inability to fight more than one
war at once effectively.

Imperialism is still in command but in the face of opposition from
people over the world, unilateralist imperialism has had to cede key
ground to multi-lateralist imperialism. Blair has inched ahead of
Rumsfeld. In the process towards world government the rule of law,
however imperfectly, is being imposed on the incomparably powerful
superstate. This is a tipping point that has tipped. The weakening of
US dominance may now gather pace a little.

Chris Burford