Tuesday 29 November 2011

GW Bush and the neocon legacy

Bush's legacy. 

The transfer of relative power to China and Russia.
The loss of US moral supremacy.
The loss of allies (principally Western Europe ex UK, but also Japan is seeking to re-form it's own military and thus greater independence, minor allies in Latin America).
The legalisation of pre-emptive war.
The further dumbing down of US media.

The widening gap between rich and poor (the reverse of which was the key to much of US increased power in mid 20th Century).
The polarisation of public opinion. Has the US ever been so divided since Vietnam? I am pledged to create a government of national unity. Read the doublespeak and weep.

Consolidation of the power of the bankers.
This last one will only last for while.


I do not believe the Chinese will act with altruistic motives going forward and I believe the Chinese leadership is intelligent enough to recognise the power of the Western bankers and will not play ball.

Putin has already demonstrated he is familiar with current circumstances after the disastrous role of US bankers in Russia circa 1998.
Putin has installed a puppet for a term or so and will then take back the reins.


And Obama is changing nothing.
Yes I can
No you bloody well can't and you don't even want to. Didn't take a genius to work that one out in 2008.

N.B. The neocons remain in power, irrespective of which party is voted into the White House.
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden are all extreme neocons.
The Republican Party is completely controlled by neocons.
The UK's government is controlled by neocons, exemplified by William Hague the Foreign Secretary. 

Like the US, the UK spends about triple what it should on "National Defense".
Both will go broke as a result.

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