"We're Changing the World"

Dear Anthony,

As I've been gathering Derrida and Meyer Shapiro together to engage MichaelP 
in a conversion on Van Gogh's peasant shoes,  I've also been pondering W's 
last press conference during which he also addressed the nation. I hope you will 
forgive me if I don't capitalize George W. Bush's name. 

What struck me in the address was the mention of a phrase a number of times: 
the first time it is mentioned is the following; "We're changing the world." 
(page 4 of the NY times transcript).It is mentioned a couple of times in the 
question-and-answer part of the discussion as in " And a free Iraq is going to 
be a major blow for terrorism. It'll change the world." (page 8 of the NYTimes 
transscript)

I am curious about how you interpret this phrase "We're going to change the 
world" ? How do you see it as a non-imperialist statement?

Thanks.
Yes, this is a loaded question!

Frank


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