American Power Moves Beyond the Mere Super
On the other hand, I like to keep in mind the adage "Absolute power corrupts absolutely".
As well as current economic realities - that stupefying national debt that this country also enjoys, as well as the very real risk posed by the amount of foreign investment in US equities and other instruments.
Make no mistake, the US is not Japan or anything like that, and I also believe that statements about proliferation of things like nuclear weapons or the trickle down of other militarily applicable technology have to be put in perspective of the fact that our own military technology will hardly stand still.
The outpouring of anti-war sentiment we witnessed was largely in my opinion a an outpouring of pent up resentment at the position that the US occupies in the world today, and not primarily guided by humanitarian concerns. And on the home front, much of the anti-War movement is really anti-Bush, and the war was the ideal rallying point. I've only had to listen to conversations here in liberal eastern Massachusetts to realize to what extent this is true. [I'm not a real fan of this administration, but don't want to see a disaster visited on my country because I don't like certain things about the presidential administration !] What goes on in the world (notably in Africa) is hardly a secret to anyone, anywhere on earth, but has the world ever demonstrated their indignation over that ? Not hardly.
This resentment and Blame America First for Everything will undoubtedly continue to grow, and the only thing which will really end it will be the destruction of the USA.
Stopping this sentiment may be unrealistic, but we don't have to do anything to make sentiment any worse than necessary, and how Iraq really turns out will be an important test. |
