The World Needs a New American Grand Strategy: "If we look at the flagship initiatives of the various American departments and agencies, we see this unbelievably consistent string of failure: the CIA�s global war on terror is doing little to make America safer and is motivating a new generation of frustrated militants. The State Department�s efforts to build consensus on Iraq in the UN Security Council has instead deepened the distrust of American intentions. The Department of Defense�s Operation Iraqi Freedom has produced Iraqi chaos, eliminated the possibility of Iraq becoming a swing oil producer before the 2004 elections, and constrains American freedom of action rather than increasing it. The Treasury Department�s efforts to get China to change its currency were rejected out of hand. The Office of Management and Budget�s tax cuts have hurt the economy, increased unemployment, and accelerated our short, medium, and long-term fiscal imbalance. And now we have the US Trade Representative�s failure in Cancun. "
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