Staying On In Kabul by William Pfaff

Staying On In Kabul

on 2013/1/10 15:30:00 (77 reads)

Paris, January 8, 2013 – The United States has adopted the mission of “global security provider,” according to the most recent Defense Department quadrennial strategy statement. This is a self-nominated role as custodian of a (prospective) global order based on American democracy and capitalism, meant to replace the Westphalian system of absolute national sovereignties and the tradition and institutions of international law as these used to be observed (before the arrival of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and – regrettably – Barack Obama).http://www.williampfaff.com/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=1