Alone in the world, by choice
Among the peoples of the planet, there is no support for U.S. declarations of a right to strike first. None. Governments are another matter, and we shall see how they line up under extreme duress from Washington. However, the views of the world's people matter a great deal. The events of September 11 should have finally taught Americans that their personal safety requires, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind."
Nelson Mandela expresses global opinion, when he says "the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace."
The world cowers in fear of Washington, precisely the effect that the Bushmen seek. The U.S. no longer has a foreign policy; it has an appetite, and presents demands. George Bush is improvising the terms of a New World Order that he threatens to impose by force. His rantings about Saddam Hussein are solely for the consumption of the American War Party. The Plan is much bigger than one man with a mustache.
The rest of the globe knows that Saddam is a straw man, set up to be knocked down in America's line of march toward true Superpowerdom, a form of planetary governance by intimidation and terror. Bush's businessmen-warriors are making the rules up on a daily basis, but they are deadly serious when they speak of an American Century.
Among the peoples of the planet, there is no support for U.S. declarations of a right to strike first. None. Governments are another matter, and we shall see how they line up under extreme duress from Washington. However, the views of the world's people matter a great deal. The events of September 11 should have finally taught Americans that their personal safety requires, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind."
Nelson Mandela expresses global opinion, when he says "the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace."
The world cowers in fear of Washington, precisely the effect that the Bushmen seek. The U.S. no longer has a foreign policy; it has an appetite, and presents demands. George Bush is improvising the terms of a New World Order that he threatens to impose by force. His rantings about Saddam Hussein are solely for the consumption of the American War Party. The Plan is much bigger than one man with a mustache.
The rest of the globe knows that Saddam is a straw man, set up to be knocked down in America's line of march toward true Superpowerdom, a form of planetary governance by intimidation and terror. Bush's businessmen-warriors are making the rules up on a daily basis, but they are deadly serious when they speak of an American Century.