By choosing to go to Iraq on the cheap, we are encountering a barrage of obstacles and criticism from locals in Iraq and in America.
Today, such poor planning and execution is putting the whole endeavor at question.
This should not be the case if a well crafted and properly implemented occupation was debated. But, most people defected of their responsibilites as citizens, and let the poor judgement of their elected representavies to act without responsible questioning.
It is still time to reverse the present erroneous approach in Iraq.
Americans citizens continue to build a negative image of the reason for the occupation and overthrow od the Iraqi Government and finding difficult support of the occupation and the expansion in the present form.
Unless, some “humanitarian reason” is stated as "immediate need" and "compassion" is attached to the message. The idea of “humanitarian reason” usually is one of those cover all up, good and bad, catch word, in 99% of the cases used for other than its connotation. Orwell serve us or-well.
When the Pax Americana was announced as a de facto strategy by President Reagan, following the steps of President Wilson, it was a welcome event by the elites around the globe. These elites could count on their Washington compadres to preclude resistance at home, in case of their people in “democratic votes” elected the “wrong candidates” or taking the "wrong direction" thus allowing swift action via American “operations” as now in Iraq in the past in Chile, Iran, France, Germany and other 160 interventions since the beginning of the twentieth century.
The idea of American “interests” supported such concept of military action both cover or uncover operations.
The “defense of our interest” was enough of a concept to rally around the intervention.
What is always missing and continues to be missing is: the debate on, can we do it better and where and what are the benefits for all citizens in a specific way.
We gladly continue to apply this foreign policy of empire control, via “protecting the American interests”. It always lacks the full understanding and engagement of the American citizen to bear the great responsibility of these actions.
A growing apathy forgets to ask for the benefits as citizens of such empire expansive and expensive actions.
Pax Americana is rooted around the planet to some extend as a welcome event.
Clearly, the jury is still out if the English empire when hit a wall in 1940’s for economic over extension, is a crude example of the present state of Pax Americana. The present economic state has the citizens as the largest debtors in the planet. The country as a whole is the largest debtor in history of the globe, a dangerous place to be.
As we continue this strategy of mild control but under control, from time to time needs some tinkering. The change of a turned disloyal government as in Baghdad was part of keeping the flock under control. Also, it helps to send a message to others that there is not two ways about dealing with the Empire.
The problem with this "only military approach will fix it" is the constant erroneous way of using power.
At its core, this is the "only way" of military action, historically has identified powers in state of decline and in inminent change for the worse.
As of today, the Empire uses 40% of all global GDP in military endeavors but only accounts for 28% of all global GDP.
Clearly, the economic growth needs to surpass military expenditures if we plan for a larger and responsible Pax Americana.
The use of economic might versus the use of military might is need it for any sustaining power to last. A balance for military cost of global GDP should not be more than 7% and the economic growth should be no less than 4%. Thus, growing the military expenditures at unison with economic growth, no in the reverse as in the past twenty five years.
The use of constat warfare -the endless war on terror- has created a tremendous drain in the American economy and the citizens, and the largest bad ill for anything that this Pax Americana is meant to be.
We need a more cohesive economic approach, as we know and applied it always yields better results. It could be regime change or reverse elections. the economic approach benefits the American citizens with large monetary rewards versus using expenditures in war, thus, continuing to destroys American’s assets and create little benefits for the citizens.
Most people deny the facts, or the concept of Pax Americana, by attaching themselves to fallacies, or by accepting the rhetoric and demagoguery of leaders, evading the responsibility that conveys to accept such imperial responsibility.
This is a dangerous stance as citizens and creates apathy.
We are also seeing a serious lack of participation in elections and debates, this has put in question if America is a Democratic Empire or is evolving into a dictatorial Empire –Patriot Act at home, pre-emptive wars abroad.
Civil liberties of Americans have deteriorated more than ever, as Justice Kennedy commented on August 6 of 2006 “we are losing our democracy, faster than we are fighting for it”. This loath at home of civil liberties is the result of a poor planning in foreign policy and evades the responsibilites that result of poor decissions, and continue to act irresponsiblity in the frame of Pax Americana.
The lost capacity to argument forward looking ideas from part of citizens how best use the Pax Americana, it erodes any benefit that might have created, and it should be a serious questioning of our leaders.
By accepting the responsibilities of having soldiers based in 169 countries fighting an average of five armed conflicts a year for the past fifty years and with more than seventeen million people directly in the feeral payroll engaged in controlling the globe, we need to take seriously our role.
As citizens of the Empire we need to demand a new approach, a real monetary and economic driven approach that benefits all and no only a few. We must take the empirial responsibilities seriously.
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