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The current news may seem complicated and multi-faceted. But IMO, it's ll based on a very simple premise.
America is being run by an administratioin that doesn't know what it's doing. They thought they were smarter than everyone else, but they have proven to know less. And we're seeing the results.
In 2000, Bush's lack of depth and knowledge was an issue. Now we're seeing the fruits of putting someone in charge who doesn't really have a clue about basic cause-and-effect.
The Middle East? They thought they were going to easily transform it into a colony and suburb of the US. Instead, the opposite is happening on many fronts.
Iraq? Getting rid of Sadaam by invading the nation without a clear plan may have seemed like a good idea at the time to them. But as many people warned them, there are reasons you don't deal with deep seated problems by going off half-cocked. Sadaam was a festering problem that needed to be dealt with, but that wasn't the way to do it....So they have taken a "trouble spot" and turned it into a potentially deveatating state of chaos.
"Free trade" Globalization? Although international trade is a good thing that should be encouraged, there are ways to go about it that would also protect America's domestic economy, and enable poorer nations to develop their own. The policies we have been pursuing are based on a false premise -- That stimulating trade requires nations to give up their sovergnty to Global Empires of Capital....As for America, you don't have to be a rocket science to recognize that eliminating jobs and forcing Americans to compete with $6 a day wages is NOT the way to build a truly strong nation or economy.
Privatization? Sounds nice in theory. But what happens when you combine that with the "free trade" corporate CON job is that you lose any ability to pursue intelligent policies. Thus you get this mess over the ports.
The list goes on and on....But it all boils down to a basic fact. If your instincts tell you that someone is shallow and clueless, your instincts might be correct.
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