The Hyperpower Hype

By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. Posted April 5, 2006.

While Bush talked a great game when it came to exporting democracy to the Middle East, his main exports have been mayhem and ruins.

Just last week, a jury began to deliberate on the fate of Zacarias Moussaoui, who may or may not have been the missing 20th hijacker in the September 11th attacks. At the same time, newly released recordings of 911 operators responding to calls from those about to die that day in the two towers were splashed across front pages nationwide. ("All I can tell you to do is sit tight. All right? Because I got almost every fireman in the city coming…")