As you have noted, there are many opinions about America the Beautiful – or – America the Hegemonist, opinions it might seem that derive from the eye of the beholder. Then again, America the Omnipotent may be the cause of such diverse views… at least as far as moving and shaking the world since WWII. We are indeed all things to all people – one view at a time.

It may have a lot to do with our governing style – representative democracy – and the ability to use that style for good and bad, selfishness or support, freedom or slavery. We’ve done it all. I say we, because of our govt of, by, and for our people, even though we know we can identify forces and entities that have variously hijacked our governing process for their own advantage – in the name of America. Some of those forces already set the world stage.

Thus, to address your thesis one must ask, “what is it I would do for America? What would I have it be? What do I have to do to make it so? Finally, does it need to die in the name of World Government?”

You have identified forces and foes in the world that would seek to remake America in various ways, to impose views and behaviors on us that are anathema to the American way. Is that what you want? Do they not suffer from the same types of aberrant history that suggests equal or worse tendancies to hijack not only America, but whatever world resources – materials, animals, humans, the ecosystem – that could be used to advantage? Would their way be better than what we have sown, or would it only be different? Worse?

Would you trade the devil you know – and are – for the one(s) you see from afar?

Not I.

Almandine, I’m glad you mentioned many trying to manipulate US policy, while claiming that they represent the US, some working from abroad. We hear much about Israel as of late but during the Cold War emigres from Czechoslovakia, and Poland pushed the Cold War in hopes of liberating their country from Soviet influence, and now they are patriotic Americans incensed that the US didn’t extend the missile shield to their countries. And Cuban emigres won’t let Obama end the embargo of Cuba that is hurting the US economy under it’s present configuration more than Cuba. A senator from Cuban ancestry is a major part of Obama’s health care push.

However, people manipulate us through force as well. Bin Laden wanted US out of Sacred Saudi soil, and Bush removed troops from Saudi Arabia in 2003. Bush claims he stopped a second terror attack through force and the threat of force, but appeasement mixed with force was what really happened.

Now we face al Qaeda wondering when the time is right for another attack on the US when the US is tired enough that the results might end up with US troops getting out of Afghanistan, and the attack blamed on Obama.

People wanting to look at Bush representing Amerika the Imperialist and Obama the America the spreader of freedom and justice, yet with similar Afghan policy may all come apart with al Qaeda’s help. Some note that people like Cheney wanted to be fooled but this too adds the straight jacket the US is caught up in.

Besides hoping that something like a world government would get the US out of the hot seat, I also hope there is a future where local power is also very important. Though I am confused in this in that I want non-locals to insist that a woman raped not be stoned to death for adultery. I hope in the end we have a peaceful world without too much government controlling things, but too much control is not my biggest fear.

Of the subject, I am really disgusted with the bailouts, but since the world blamed the US for the economic meltdown. If Obama didn’t join the rest of the world in a economic bailouts the results would have been anger at the US for causing the mess, then anger at the US for not doing its share to bandage the economic world. We seem to be awfully close to being in a straight jacket. I don’t know why some people fear world government more than Armageddon type conditions like the starvation and chaos that followed the collapse of Ancient Rome.

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