Just Say No: A Good Case for US Inaction Eric Margolis
http://ericmargolis.com/2014/09/just-say-no/ <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001NYutBoJE6WBlEftIm8Wbv5OkTvi2uFJD7uWTvP4YU2qShpijRjAKn0qaVdMFFiOeCE71HlYQcormdrZV8tdbhhakLZUcPqeb7bWR8W6iIJF0sLXEgzzhjgxK8onrQb7Q9bqL4wxPOet44WNNhdz01R43W3LCTpmXPv1CWOehad5CJTujdj82GU0lXK3lSeCkFplrlDJAK3XWZBHLn8vhZA==&c=4RI-Cw_xVCNaB-2C0Nq_OBZjCCCiOtrVSaL3qv4r9XoodUwIZL5Y2A==&ch=y1-zVaH0BL0GOjJSjtKxwyh3J5mPPjpql9Wvh5nChqLaTewZpkR2tg==> ... The American Imperium can no longer enforce the international status quo that had given it immense power and wealth since 1945 ... Speaking as an old Mideast hand and veteran war correspondent, I say no plan is a good plan. Washington has made such an awful mess of its foreign policy that inaction is an increasingly attractive option. More little wars will mean the US falling into the trap set by Osama bin Laden ... After losing wars in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the US should reconsider its overly militarized foreign policy and exaggerated international pretensions. You can't rule the globe on money borrowed from China and Japan.
