Did 9/11 change anything?
The post-war world is coming to an end. (post-1945) and so is the reagan era 1980-2012.
Are we seeing the sun set on America's long nightmare - the unprovoked war with Iraq and the second era of offensive warfare.
The Big Change -
First, the Collapse of the Freedom Agenda: In the wake of 9/11, the administration of George W. Bush set out to remake the Greater Middle East. This was the ultimate strategic objective of Bush’s “global war on terror.”
Second, the Great Recession 2008- the recognization of extreme income inequality
Third, the Arab Spring:
Fourth, Beleaguered Europe’s Quest for a Lifeline:
These four points from an article -
Big Change Whether We Like It or NotOnly Washington Is Clueless
By Andrew Bacevich
I would add several other vectors that I see:
- energy (end of the age of fossil (indirect-sun-light) energy).
- population + resources
- the complete globalization
- changing global climate
- the complete financialization of the US economy and the transformation to a capitalist/socialist model.
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