Does the US government plant to control the world with military force?
The official White House web site explains The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, 2002 (click here for it). The following three paragraphs from that document show their attitude of using our military to control the world for "our national interests". How is this different from the attitudes of Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler, or Stalin?
The U.S. national security strategy will be based on a distinctly American internationalism that reflects the union of our values and our national interests. The aim of this strategy is to help make the world not just safer but better. Our goals on the path to progress are clear: political and economic freedom, peaceful relations with other states, and respect for human dignity. (Sec. I)
There is little of lasting consequence that the United States can accomplish in the world without the sustained cooperation of its allies and friends in Canada and Europe.(Sec. VIII)
The presence of American forces overseas is one of the most profound symbols of the U.S. commitments to allies and friends. Through our willingness to use force in our own defense and in defense of others, the United States demonstrates its resolve to maintain a balance of power that favors freedom. (Sec. IX)
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The official White House web site explains The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, 2002 (click here for it). The following three paragraphs from that document show their attitude of using our military to control the world for "our national interests". How is this different from the attitudes of Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler, or Stalin?
The U.S. national security strategy will be based on a distinctly American internationalism that reflects the union of our values and our national interests. The aim of this strategy is to help make the world not just safer but better. Our goals on the path to progress are clear: political and economic freedom, peaceful relations with other states, and respect for human dignity. (Sec. I)
There is little of lasting consequence that the United States can accomplish in the world without the sustained cooperation of its allies and friends in Canada and Europe.(Sec. VIII)
The presence of American forces overseas is one of the most profound symbols of the U.S. commitments to allies and friends. Through our willingness to use force in our own defense and in defense of others, the United States demonstrates its resolve to maintain a balance of power that favors freedom. (Sec. IX)
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But then again it can be done by arming and training citizens from "controlled" countries...But didn't the Romans already try that? I don't remember that tactic being very successful in the long run.
