With the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War three decades ago, many people hoped for a ‘peace dividend’ that would spare the world from the threat of nuclear war. President Bush senior famously announced the arrival of a ‘new world order’ on 11 September, 1991, claiming America would lead the world toward ‘peace and security, freedom and the rule of law’.
He used this rallying cry to assemble a mighty coalition of forces under the imprimatur of the UN Security Council, to oust the invading Iraqi army from its neighbour, Kuwait. It represented the zenith of American primacy, the appearance of international unity and the promise of a future without war between nations. But it was the promise of a politician; made to be broken.
The US war industry is far too profitable and its imperial imperative too powerful for war to be abolished, and so we saw the peace dividend wasted on endless US-led interventions. America squandered its opportunity to lead the world toward peace and security when it chose instead to make the world a marketplace for its military industrial complex.
The current crisis in international relations is the direct result of America’s determination to rule the world via full-spectrum dominance.
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