Imperialism, War, Globalization and Resistance

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Imperialism, War, Globalization and Resistance

By CP of Israel

The Bush Administration and the occupation of Iraq

In 2003 the Bush Administration began a war of aggression and conquered Iraq. Like the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq was planned to secure high profits, control of natural resources and markets, and a comparative advantage over the foreign competitors of the American petroleum and arms corporations. But the peoples of the world are manifesting a growing opposition to the war. Especially important is the widespread opposition to the war within the US itself and the sharp fall in the popularity of President Bush which has followed it.

The threats the Bush Administration and its allies have been lobbing at Iran and Syria are the third phase of the long-term strategy of the American administration to strengthen its control of the Middle East, even if the price is the destruction of nations and the starvation of peoples. The European Union, playing the role of an imperialist power, has more than once toed the American line. But it is also attempting to counter American power by annexing the nations of the region into a European market controlled by the multinational corporations headquartered in Europe.

In the first decade of the 21st century the American administration continues to maintain an axis of Arab regimes obedient to its policy. This axis, which includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf Emirates, sometimes also manages to coordinate action with Israel, as was seen during the Second Lebanon War (2006). The alliance between Israel and Turkey is growing closer, despite the rise to power of the Islamic party in Turkey. These two axes form bulwarks of American influence and make it possible for the US to prepare further war.

Under these conditions the CPI will continue to warn the Israeli people and the peoples of the world of the threat posed by the Bush Administration's willingness to use military and even nuclear force to vanquish Iran and pressure Syria. The US pronouncements that it is considering the use of its own nuclear weapons and its uncritical support of the first nuclear power in the Middle East (Israel) expose its current casus belli in the Middle East preventing Iran from procuring and stockpiling nuclear armaments as pure hypocrisy.

http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5330/1/260/