Are you even an American? Or some Chalmers Johnson nutbag who thinks that third world countries actually know what benefits them most?
Quite obvious if you payed attention to the world arena of politics instead of just CNN, you would know that other countires are forming "new-new age imperliasm" tactics aimed at weakening America, and crushing the dollar. One example is India and Pakistan building a pipeline into India excluding all American contracts, and including Chinese contacts and Saidi Arabia. Pipeline is from mynamar, and is to later be mixed in with Iran oil, if Iraq oil is not possible.
Fill the chip in your shoulder.
Yes I'm an american. I don't have cable TV so I can't watch CNN. So what is your proposal to handle the India/Pak pipeline?
Tough talking to India/Pakistan won't happen b/c they are both nuclear powers. Russia has an interest in Iran b/c it is building Iran's nuclear reactors and is supposed to provide fissible materials. The US better learn to play ball somehow b/c this pre-emptive bullshit isn't going to fly much longer.
The US has always operated under the assumption that what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine.
I think that's kind of crazy but that's me.
The world is becoming a much more complex and dangerous place with each passing year. The US cannot fight it's way into prosperity.
I don't have a chip on my shoulder. I'm just pointing out the futility of your hypercompetitive perspective.
