Mission Accompl…Over?

President Obama recently stated that the patience of America and its European Allies regarding Iran is not unlimited. Obama was speaking on behalf of his country and a number of acolytes that follow America around like pet poodles as it attempts to impose its will upon the world, to whit: Britain, France and Germany.

Russia and China will also be privy to future talks with Iran but any thought that they are subservient to America is absurd. In fact, Russia and China, should they form a strategic alliance, would threaten American dominance in the world, no bad thing.

Though Obama is merely the head of one country, from his speeches often you’d think he was King of the World. He speaks like a father lecturing his wayward family. In fact, one could almost liken him to GOD chastising his children and threatening them with the punishment of hell if they step out of line. I use the word ‘children’ in its broadest sense of course.

Where does the leader of America get this notion that what he thinks and says should be taken seriously by all the people of the world and all the nations of the world? I mean, there are 6.5 billion people in the world and 300 million Americans. That’s about 5%! There are 195 countries in the world of which America is one, yet the way Americans treat other countries…well, let me say it leaves a lot to be desired.

Part of the answer involves the idea of American exceptionalism. This strange delusion that America is the greatest nation in the history of the world, that America should lead the world, that America exists to solves the world’s problems, etc, has permeated American thinking almost from the beginning. It is totally unfounded of course, because America has, and has always had, many problems just as other nations do.

Exceptionalism arose from religious fundamentalism, slavery, the terrible genocide against the indigenous people, a Civil War, a war against the U.K., the Wild West, etc. The philosophy that a gun and a bible will solve all problems is rooted in American folklore.

Then America embraced capitalism and the worship of greed gained prominence and still drives much of what America does today. As well, Hollywood came into being. Films were manufactured that stroked American’s love affair with themselves, fed them fantasies about their imagined superiority, their born to rule delusions.

Then WW2 came along and, according to America, it was won by them and the massive contribution by other nations and the casualties they suffered meant nothing. America then began to spend massive amounts of money on armaments, far outspending other nations. It amassed huge armies and navies and its air force became a force to be reckoned with. The rest is, as you would know, history.

Today America is heavily in debt. It led the world into a global financial crisis. The greenback is no longer the favorite currency. Other nations are forming alliances to counter American imperialism. America is no longer popular in many quarters of the world. Other large nations are becoming rivals of America and may well outdo it in the next ten years or so.

So when Obama speaks of ‘having limited patience’ , largely he speaks without real authority. He is a king whose crown has slipped and will slip further. He is deluded as are many of his advisers.

America now is a largely unexceptional nation. It needs to give up its fantasies and, with humility, join the other nations of the world that live in reality!

And its acolytes, Britain, France Germany and Australia, need to stop their fawning.

America’s day has come and gone. It’s just that most Americans don’t realize it!