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This is a disturbing article. I thought all we were fighting for were the basic rights and freedoms underlying our own nation. What we may have here is a battle against a conspiracy for world domination.

The opportunity for a Pax Americana is very real. The collapse of the Soviet Union presented us with the very real opportunity to crush remaining overt resistance to American interests and enforce our will on the world.

We know that from the beginning of our country we've had a portion of the population that is opportunistic and imperialistic. As the industrial revolution came to maturity we know that certain successful corporate leaders proved themselves to be demagogues and tyrants. This same mindset still exists today. It runs across a spectrum from powerful people who firmly believe in privileges but who still maintain feelings of benevolence to the "rest" of society, to the powerful people who clearly view their successes as entirely deserved and entitlements to them as chosen and blessed members of our species. This Machiavellian extreme of the spectrum would naturally believe that given an opportunity for domination one should take that opportunity.

The higher opportunity before us as we stand as the greatest military power the world has ever seen is to stand firm on the side of shared power, shared decision making and a rule of law rather than rule by military might.

If we want effective international law, a global forum for decision making at the structural level of a government, we must offer to the rest of the world a portion of our sovereignty in exchange for a portion of their sovereignty and share a global governmental federation.
posted by Unknown at 10:50 AM