L’excellent chroniqueur et auteur Tom Engelhardt a entrepris une s\u00e9rie d’interviews sur son site TomDispatch.com<\/em>. Celui (premi\u00e8re partie) qui para\u00eet aujourd’hui, sur son site<\/a> et repris par Antiwar.com<\/a>, est du plus haut int\u00e9r\u00eat. Engelhardt interroge Andrew Bacevich, un des auteurs les plus qualifi\u00e9s et les plus critiques de la politique imp\u00e9riale et militariste des USA.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tBacevitch est un conservateur qui fut un faucon interventionniste, proche des n\u00e9o-conservateurs, particuli\u00e8rement engag\u00e9 dans une politique de tr\u00e8s grande fermet\u00e9 durant la Guerre froide (il fut un collaborateur r\u00e9gulier de \tTout est int\u00e9ressant dans cette interview. On citera tout de m\u00eame ceci, qui a le m\u00e9rite de d\u00e9crire l’aspect fondamental du virtualisme que les bellicistes am\u00e9ricanistes, ces gens \u00e0 la psychologie transform\u00e9e, ont install\u00e9 pour justifier leur projet, et particuli\u00e8rement le justifier \u00e0 leurs propres yeux<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00ab TD:<\/em><\/strong> Do you think that the neocons and their mentors, Rumsfeld and the vice president, believed too deeply in the hype of American hyperpower? Ruling groups, even while manipulating others, often seem to almost hypnotically convince themselves as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb Bacevich:<\/em><\/strong> That’s why I myself tend not to buy into the charge that Bush and others blatantly lied us into this war. I think they believed most of what they claimed. You should probably put believe in quotes, because it amounts to talking yourself into it. They believed that American omnipotence, as well as know-how and determination, could imprint democracy on Iraq. They really believed that, once they succeeded in Iraq, a whole host of ancillary benefits were going to ensue, transforming the political landscape of the Middle East. All of those expectations were bizarre delusions, and we’re paying the consequences now.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb You know, the neoconservatives that mattered were not those in government like Douglas Feith or people on the National Security Council staff, but the writers and intellectuals outside of government who, in the period from the late seventies through the nineties, were constantly weaving this narrative of triumphalism, pretending to insights about power and the direction of history. Intellectuals can put their imprint on public discourse. They can create an environment, an atmosphere. When the events of September 11, 2001, left Americans shocked and frightened and people started casting about for an explanation, a way of framing a response, the neoconservative perspective was front and center and had a particular appeal. So these writers and intellectuals did influence policy, at least for a brief moment.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 24 mai 2006 \u00e0 12H08<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" L’excellent chroniqueur et auteur Tom Engelhardt a entrepris une s\u00e9rie d’interviews sur son site TomDispatch.com. Celui (premi\u00e8re partie) qui para\u00eet aujourd’hui, sur son site et repris par Antiwar.com, est du plus haut int\u00e9r\u00eat. 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