7/04/2004 11:30:09 AM|||Nathan Moore|||

Per the Wall Street Journal's editorial board

The lesson of Sudan is that the world is a Hobbesian place outside the U.S. sphere of influence. Sudan's social contract is straight out of "Leviathan"; citizens are guaranteed security only if they abide by the absolute authority of a monarch.

Very true, and as the piece points out, applicable beyond Sudan.

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