A New World Order...?

As world order is based on the sovereignty of states, can we say that in today's global political and economical situations that we have the "new world order" that our administration is trying to have us believe exists.

The United States is still the dominant power in the world and has been since the end of World War II. As we all know, at least those of us that learn from history, that there has been NO dominant world power that has sustained itself. What must rise will fall. This is simple physics. China was once the dominant power in the world, and is positioning itself once again to become that.

As the current dominant power, the U.S. sets the agenda to which the rest of the world responds to. In the past seven years President Bush has set the wrong agenda. This administration has been driven by the belief that international relations are set and controlled by power. The rule of law need not apply, as the United States is the sole superpower, Bush decided to impose his will wherever he saw fit. His illegal invasion of a sovereign country, murder of millions of innocent people, illegal wire taps, illegal imprisonment are just a few notable items to which he, and staff, needs to be held accountable for. As he preaches the need for accountability, we will soon find as the future unfolds that he will manipulate the presidential power position and his misrepresentation of the Constitution through his positioning of Supreme Court judges so as that he will not have to be held accountable for any of his actions. On top of all of this our Congress has sat by rather idle. Idle enough to confirm these judges that will free this global tyrant.

In the French Revolution the people overthrew King Louis XVI and the people have seized their sovereignty. Since, at least in principle, they have had it ever since.
Through our own revolution in 1776 we did the same with England, through the help of the French, and in principle have had sovereignty ever since. Yeah, like all men are created equal at a time when blacks and women had no rights whatsoever...but I digress.

There was a time when the United States acknowledged its superpower dominance and tried to uphold its new and unique responsibility. Not Since the Marshall Plan, as Churchill once stated as "the most unsordid act in history" has there been another time that the United State has held the magnanimous view of its place in history. The Germans and Japanese became democratic societies, after being enemies of the world and United States due to the examples set through this action. Through admiration and imitation the world showed its respect to the superpower.

We have since become a country that feels, and is exemplified through many of the past administrations since, that the common interest is best served by people pursuing their own self interests.

Our current administration is a prime example of this. I also feel, albeit to a lesser extent, that John McCain will continue this self serving policy further into the future if elected. This is NOT the policy that is needed to make the United States the admiration and imitation of the world. We need to set examples and take huge steps forward, as we did in 1948, for the world to see once again what a superpower should attain to.

We need to create and implement strategies that show our dedication to not only our own self interests, but those of the world as well. We need to be the instigators of global clean energy, global food initiatives for the poor, global peace, and preserving the global market mechanisms and more.

It is time for Change!!