When the Soviet Union collapsed, the constraint on American unilateralism disappeared. Nothing now constrained Washingtons's power or hegemony. And this happened right at the time when a new ideology in the US was rising up, the rise of the neo-conservative ideology - that America is the indispensable country, it is the exceptional country. Now what does it mean when you say that? This means if the USA is indispensable, it means everyone else i dispensable. If the USA is exceptional, it means everyone else is unexceptional. It is a claim to hegemony over mankind. It is like "we are God's chosen people, not the Jews". This is the neo-conservative ideology, and it has dominated the US foreign policy since the Bill Clinton regime. This is where the attacks on Serbia came, the sanctions on Iraq that killed 500 000 children which Madeleine Albright said was worth it. Can you imagine someone saying it was worth killing 500 000 children? It shows you how hard ideology is, it is a completely merciless ideology. Nothing counts except Washington's hegemony. It is not even American hegemony, but Washington's hegemony. With George W. Bush, the neo-conservatives completely ran the government. The real president was Dick Cheney, - the vice-president - hardline neo-conservative. The state department was full of them, Pentagon was full of them, they completely dominated the National Security Council. This is where the 9-11 came from, this is where the war on Afghanistan and Iraq came from..." The Herland Report is a Scandinavian initiative, reaching millions yearly, presenting leading intellectuals' view on foreign policy, current affairs, religion, the Middle East, Western decadence - free from the censoring political correctness that now permeate Western media and its political propaganda.
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