America: Sacrificing more for others that any nation in history.

Al Seyassah, Kuwait

America's Rare Spirit of 'Courageous Intrusion'

"America's great generosity and sacrifice, both in money and in lives, is well-known. No nation in history has offered its sons to death and drained its coffers for the sake of others the way the United States of America has."

By Ahmed al-Baghdadi

Translated By James Jacobson

August 22, 2008

Kuwait - Al Seyassah- Original Article (Arabic)

Out of the ruins of the Soviet Union, which collapsed along with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, emerged the "uni-polar" era characterized by complete American supremacy over global politics. Many believe that today, as a new global system forms, China, Brazil, India, Russia and China have an undeniable role to play.

The tremendous economic growth of these powers does come along with political influence, in addition to national pride and honor." (Sarkis Abu Zayd, Who will inherit America's throne of Global Leadership? in Al-Kuwait, July 25, 2008). There is no doubt that the era of globalization has witnessed the rise of new economic powers, especially in Asia and the Far East, which are now capable of competing economically with the United States of America. And with France's influence, the European Union has also emerged as a political competitor that cannot be ignored by the policies of the United States.

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But can we expect these countries to exercise the role that the United States of America plays at the global level, or in clearer words: Do these countries possess the audacity to forcefully intrude on international affairs, like the United States does?

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Power was once asked, "Why does America want to be the world's policeman?" He replied simply: "Because all of you call us whenever you confront a crisis." This is an answer that carries a lot of shameful and embarrassing connotations for other global powers. The Americans have a tendency, both politically and militarily, (I'll leave aside the economic aspect), toward what can be called "courageous intrusion."

Let's ask ourselves the following questions:

-- 1. Who saved Europe from the threat of Nazism? Answer: The United States.

-- 2. .Who took down Yugoslav forces after NATO failed to confront Serbian barbarity? Answer: The United States.

-- 3. Who faced-off against the Soviet Union for seventy years, until the hour of its collapse and the end of communism? Answer: The United States.

-- 4. Who provided the Afghans with rockets and weapons to defeat the occupier? Answer: The United States

-- 5. Who intervened to save Africa after the horrific massacres in Rwanda? Answer: The United States.

-- 6. Who saved the Far East from the terrorism of the Japanese army? Answer: The United States.

-- 7. Who saved Kuwaiti Muslims from Iraqi occupation? Answer: The United States.

-- 8. Who liberated Iraq from tyranny and the rule of the Baathists? Answer: The United States.

-- 9. Who highlighted the tragedy of Darfur to the world? Answer: The United States.

Many Arabs say that the United States has done these things merely to serve its strategic interests, especially with regard to oil, which is a shame because it is shown to be patently untrue by the fact that the U.S. buys Arab oil at market prices - it doesn't receive it free from Kuwait or Iraq. Moreover, there is no oil in the Balkans or Rwanda. America's great generosity and sacrifice, both in money and in lives, is well-known. No nation in history has offered its sons to death and drained its coffers for the sake of others the way the United States of America has.

"Courageous intrusion" requires a spirit that stands apart from industrial growth or agricultural development (incidentally, America is the world's greatest source of wheat, without which many in the poorest countries would have perished from starvation). Today's newly-industrial states don't presently have this spirit, nor will they have it in the future. Because such a spirit requires so much money and so many souls that if any of these nations had such courage, its coffers would quickly be emptied and its economy would collapse, never to rise again.

After the September 11 attacks on New York, the losses to the American economy amounted to about $300 billion, America has spent over a trillion dollars in Iraq, and the American dollar is still the currency of choice in many countries now considered capable of competing with the United States of America!

awtaad@yahoo.com

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