Is The U.S. A Paper Tiger?
Friends, following the visit by Netanyahu to the White House, several things are obvious. First of them is that Israel will do as it wishes regardless of America’s urgings and demands. How so, you ask?
Despite America’s admonitions, settlement building continues apace in the West Bank and east Jerusalem while the Israelis go through their charade of demolishing a few outposts in the West Bank which are rebuilt as quickly as they were pulled down.
Israel has agreed to let the U.S. know if it is going to nuke Iran. That’s extremely generous of them but necessary so that its air force can overfly various countries including American-controlled Iraq.
The Israeli Foreign Minister has said that Israel will not return to the 1967 borders. That has made the Palestinians hopping mad although it shouldn’t surprise anyone.
Israel continues to pretend to move towards a two-state solution while it does everything in its power to avoid such a possibility (much as it’s been doing for decades).
Israel still has Gaza under total blockade and it still continues to bomb Gaza at will and refuses to allow building materials into the Gaza strip.
Given these facts, one could ask the question whether or not America, which is supposed to be the world’s major superpower, has any power at all.
Tiny Israel does as it likes, when it likes and how it likes and continues to ignore American demands and American insistence that the Palestinians be given their own state. Of course, the question could be asked as to whether all America’s urging is just posturing, whether America and Israel are secretly in bed with each other giving each other mutual pleasure and benefit.
But Israel’s intransigence is not unique! Tiny North Korea, another nuclear-armed rogue state, continues to ignore America’s huffing and puffing too. And Iran seems rather contemptuous of America’s threats as well as is Russia.
Is America a paper tiger, a has-been superpower which is in the process of disintegration while other countries (like China and India) continue to grow and become ever more powerful both economically and militarily?
Interesting question for interesting times.
The U.S. maybe the world’s only superpower, but (and this may surprise many) it isn’t an empire that controls the rest of the world. We do a lot, and we get a lot done (i.e., we haven’t had a major war between two great powers since American primacy began after WWII). That being said, we don’t run sovereign countries. Does that make us a paper tiger? I’ve yet to see any of these powers challenge U.S. security (or even hegemony) in any meaningful way. Maybe we don’t run the world, but then, I don’t think we’ve ever tried.
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David G Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 10:39 am
We don’t run sovereign countries, Hegemonist! What about Iraq and Afghanistan? What about all the American military bases spread all over the world? What about the many countries on the American payroll, the many coups organized by America, its support of people like Saddam and Bin Laden?
Methinks you see what you want to see my friend!
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The Hegemonist Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I didn’t say we didn’t influence the world. We supported Saddam and Bin Laden due to temporary convergences of interests. Iraq and Afghanistan prove my point exactly. We basically could have done whatever we wanted in both countries, and in both countries we held elections in a reasonable amount of time (you could even argue too soon). Their governments keep doing things that we really don’t want them to do, and keep not doing things we really need them to do.
Of course, to turn things around, i can ask if the U.S. is a paper tiger, what about Iraq and Afghanistan? What about all the Amrican miliary bases spreadall over the world? etc..
PS, While I couldn’t disagree more with this post, it’s a great post and a phenomenally interesting read.
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USA, like most countries, has a ZOG = zionist owned government. Our VP proudly announced that he is a zionist. USA is not a paper tiger but a puppet following requests of the financial elite. Iraq and Afghanistan wars are fought for foreign interests (international corporations, greater Israel) and NO politician will object to the killings of our soldiers for the “war on terrorism”, “war on drugs”, etc. When I see the picture of a fallen soldier on that CNN show (cannot remember the name, it’s very un-American as it convicts people before a fair trial), I think it’s Nancy Grace, I feel like crying a river. Most of these soldiers are so, so young. I do not even dare to think about all the brown people who got killed – for what? Resources, oil, opium, etc. Read yesterday that Bolivia has Lithium??, so expect some unrest there – as always – FOLLOW THE MONEY!
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Hegemonist, I thought the U.S. did exactly what it wanted in both countries and that involved a lot of killing and destruction.
America didn’t however achieve its stated objectives (imposing a form of democracy) but it did achieve its unstated objectives: the taking of resources (oil) or gaining access to resources!
To judge America one needs to look at what it does not what it claims!
Margit, your comment shows real understanding of the way America and the capitalist world works!
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There’s so much dishonesty form the Israeli side in order to postpone (avoid) serious ‘peace talk’ e. g. put the.blame on (then) Arafat, and now Hamas for not being serious peace partners. Abbas is a GOD send, in the view of Israel, and maybe the worst it could happen to the Palestinian course as he has divided them.
I think the solution to the problem is, to start with, that ALL Palestinians, expelled (1948) should be giving the right to return to their homes or what ever is left from then This is NOT an issue to be ‘negociated’ with the Israelis. If America want to be perceived as this Worlds policeman this is what America/UN have to demand from the Israelis.
I am sick an tired to hear about: e.g.
[[[ an instance of a google search ]]] “God’s promise to Abraham……
“God’s promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that Israel would become a great nation”
What promises has God made in the Bible?
God has made many promises. Here are just a few of them:
To Moses God said: “But truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD” (Numbers 14:21). This proves that men will never destroy the earth.
To Abram (later Abraham), who became the father of the Jewish race, God said: “I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:2,3).
When God led Abraham to the land of Canaan (modern Israel), He promised: “All the land which you see I give to you and your descendants for ever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth” (Genesis 13:15,16). God repeated these promises to Abraham’s son, Isaac, and his grandson, Jacob (Genesis 264; 28:13,14).
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just crap and torrents of emply words.
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It has been all over the news in the US the last couple of days about the terrible threat that North Korea is to world safety and peace. They even say it with a straight face.
Everyone seems to forget that it has been the US who has been invading other countries and killing millions of people that is the real threat to stability and peace.
We may be becoming a paper tiger, but unfortunately we still have many weapons of mass destruction and a government more than willing to use them and citizens too brainwashed to object.
The US is still very dangerous, maybe more so than ever now that the world is fighting over a smaller and smaller supply of the oil we need so badly to survive.
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I read that China is preparing for a world war. It is not just tiny Israel, it is international jewry and the zionist-occupied governments in the western world that are the enemy of humanity. Harold/Howard Rosenthal, the jewish administrative assistant for the jewish senator Jacob Javits, spilled the beans about the jewish conquest, and further plans. He was later killed, but his interview can be found at erichufschmid’s and rense’s, and is sold at amazon.
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John, I agree about Abbas. He is a traitor! And the torrent of words are crap!
Jeannie, the U.S. is very dangerous. It is in political and economic turmoil and, like a wounded animal, it could strike out in a vain attempt to recapture its fantasy of controlling the world.
Therese, thanks for the tip.
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