Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsJohan Galtung on the War in Afghanistan and How to Get Outclipped by: robm47clippers remarks: Afghanistan will be another Vietnam. For a country with such brilliant people why are your politicians so intellectually challenged? As Johan Galtung states, " The United States is becoming irrelevant". We turn now to the second part of my interview with Johan Galtung. Known as a founder of the field of peace and conflict studies, hes spent the past half-century pursuing nonviolent conflict resolution in international relations. His latest book is The Fall of the US Empire ? And Then What?: Successors, Regionalization or Globalization? US Fascism or US Blossoming? I spoke to him last week about his prediction of the collapse of US empire in ten years, by 2020. In this second part of our interview, Galtung discusses his assessment of President Obama, the US corporate media and more. But we began with the war in Afghanistan, where he has worked extensively in attempts at conflict resolution. [includes rush transcript] Faith In The Omnipotence of Government Has Put Us in the Land of Ozclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: .... even on the left. Some in the Gulf do-something chorus are the same people who doubted that the U.S. military could succeed in Iraq or Afghanistan. But the U.S. military is surely the most competent instrument of government. Any senior officer, from David Petraeus on down, will tell you that bringing the U.S. military to this level of competence in the years after Vietnam was a heavy lift. To get the rest of government to the militarys disciplined competence wont happen?unless governments responsibilities become smaller and more manageable. Instead, it all keeps getting bigger and more error-prone. Exhibit A: Chris Dodds massive and complex financial re-regulation bill. Coming as it did on the heels of various other government fiascoes and embarrassments?the subsidized-mortgage crisis, ethanol, California issuing IOUs, Bernie Madoff, ultra-deep public debt, infrastructure turning to dust everywhere? In the movie, Dorothy and her friends in Oz admit the Wizards limits. Not here. After a century of faith in the governments omnipotence, the discipleship cant believe this is happening. As the oil gushed?with the perpetrator a flailing private corporation?the American left popped a gasket. Then this week, like Will Ferrell in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch, the president himself said he was looking for "ass to kick." Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.  Some conservatives joined the do-something chorus to "stop" oil gushing Coming as it did on the heels of various other government fiascoes and embarrassments?the subsidized-mortgage crisis, ethanol, California issuing IOUs, Bernie Madoff, ultra-deep public debt, infrastructure turning to dust everywhere?the Gulf mess is the moment for the American people to reconsider just what they think government can do, or should do. When not gripped by hysteria, many have a more rational view of governments limits Tags: "stop oil spill", bernie madoff, californias ious, ethanol, infrastructure turning to dust, mortgage crisis, the gulf mess, ultra-deep public debt Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
2010/06/17
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