Sovereignty

Amitai Etzioni has a few things to say about Iraq's sovereignty:

Here we go again. The United States is about to fall prey to its own propaganda.

President Bush has repeatedly said we will grant "full and complete sovereignty" to Iraq on June 30. We've said we'll turn over Saddam Hussein for trial and punishment and that the occupation will finally be replaced by Iraqi self-rule. But these grand promises are as unbelievable as they are unattainable.

Read more here: "A 'Sovereign' Iraq? Don’t You Believe It"

Here's a listing of research and publications by Stephen Krasner, author of Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy [mentioned by Mr. Etzioni in his post.] And here's a link to an interview with Stephen Krasner. Very interesting. Dissertation on the coffee trade? Hmmmm.

Father, let me dedicate All this year to you
In whatever earthly state You will have me be
Not from sorrow, pain, or care Freedom dare I claim;
This alone shall be my prayer: Glorify Your name.
--from New Year's Hymn by Lawrence Tuttiett, 1864 (alt.)