Calm? Not in the least. I'm expecting some more "unexpected" attacks, just as predicted by Cheney et al.
The US is fomenting peaceful cultural change throughout the world by maintaining prosperity domestically, and ability to maintain a rule of law that favors US business.
We are also fomenting violent change, in "response" to 9/11, but in fact these plans for invasion, say, of Afghanistan, were in place before 9/11. Plans for invasion of dozens of other oil-bearing locations have no doubt been in place for years.
The brew I'm drinking gives me pause to reflect on the fact, at least I think it's a fact, that the US can pretty much buy whatever it wants, and doesn't need a military takevoer. That's overkill, to say the least. It is also counterproductive, and causes "blowback" when covert, and "lifelong terrorism" when overt.
Just one example, Russia's budget is $30billion, 1/67th of the US budget. And other countries are even smaller. |
