^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ClubuLuLu's LuLuZoo : Occult Millennium Party - No Lurkers Allowed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Universal Press Syndicate, by Richard Reeves, 13 March 1999 * John Kennedy once asked Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, "What do you think of the idea of our Peace Corps?" It was a good plan, Mr. Nehru answered. Young Americans could learn a lot from Indian villagers, he said. The American wasn't amused; he thought the Indian was arrogant. But Mr. Nehru was right, and the arrogance was ours. The major impact of sending tens of thousands of Americans abroad during the past 35 years has been to create an alumni corps who have a feel for the world and America's role in far places. Unfortunately, there aren't enough of them, and there seem to be fewer each year. I don't mean Peace Corps Volunteers. I mean fewer Americans capable of or interested in seeing the world as others see it - or in seeing ourselves as others see us. American government, businesses and news organizations are sending fewer and fewer people abroad. Some of that is plain and simple economics. Sending people to other countries costs more than hiring locals. So why should we leave the comforts of home when we can run the global economy, or digitally connected planet, from Washington and New York? Ameria is on a roll. But America also is losing it. Those statements may seem contradictory, but I don't think they are. The United States now is the most powerful country in the history of the world, dictating political, economic and military terms to other countries whenever it suits our purposes. [HONS Comment : There have been other reports on the news recently about the wealth of America relative to that of the Roman Empire and the British Empire. America is much richer per capita than Rome ever was, and it is now estimated to be five times richer per capita than Britain at the height of her power, when the Sun never set on the British Empire.] And because of the power and reach of our popular culture, nearly everyone in the world knows a great deal about us, whether or not we even know they exist. But in the oldest of stories, the more power we accumulate, the less judicious or careful we seem to be in using it. How do we look to an ordinary Italian? A U.S. Marine Corps jet plane, based on Italian soil, flies into a valley on a clear day at 621 mph, more than 100 mph over its mandated limit, at an altitude of less than 400 feet, which is 1,600 feet below its flight-plan limit, and strikes the cable of a ski gondola that has been strung across the valley for more than 30 years. Twenty people in the cable car, all Europeans, plunge to their deaths. Is it what used to be called "Blame America First" to be shocked or outraged when the Marines find the pilot did nothing wrong? I mean, even the commander in chief, President Clinton, said he was "baffled" by the Marine verdict. How do we look to an ordinary Scot, who works in a factory making cashmere sweaters? The Unites States is putting tariffs of more than 100 percent on such products because Europeans aren't buying enough American bananas. Oh, you thought Americans don't grow bananas? We don't - except for a few bunches in Hawaii. But the U.S. government is charging the governments of Great Britain and France with rigging trade rules to buy bananas from their onetime Caribbean colonies rather than from American-owned companies in Central America. Is this fight necessary? That is to say nothing about how we look to ordinary Iraqis as the bombs fall and the missiles fly day after day, because our planes are flying over their country and, we say, their air-defense radars are locking on those planes. We don't like your leader, so we bomb you. What will ordiunary Serbs say when the Yanks and their friends march in as part of our make-peace-or-we'll-kill-you foreign policy? I am not saying we are wrong in all or any of those situations - although it should be noted that the U.S. system of military justice hasn't seemed capable of finding anybody guilty of anything in recent incidents. We are throwing our weight around these days because we have the power, and the ignorance, to do it. But we shouldn't kid our sanctimonious selves that our illusions make what we do right or sensible. Basically, we are demanding that the world do it our way or else. If that is what being "the world's only superpower" and the world's "necessary" country is going to mean, perhaps we should learn a touch more about the lives of Indian villagers, Italian skiiers and European factory workers before we send out the commands that it is their duty to remake themselves in our image. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hyperborea Online News Service __H_O_N_S__ Copyright 1999, All Rights Reserved This material may be forwarded throughout Cyberspace, provided only that this signatory trailer is attached. Material may contain prior and/or current copyright registrations. HONS assumes no responsibility for any misuse of material that is copyrighted by other persons or organizations. __H_O_N_S__ Send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www2.1starnet.com/galaxy37/ http://www.apollonius.net/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ........... 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