Who Rules the World?

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Beginning with the “American lake”, some eyebrows might be raised over the report in mid-December 2015 that “an American B-52 bomber on a routine mission over the South China Sea unintentionally flew within two nautical miles of an artificial island built by China, senior defense officials said, exacerbating a hotly divisive issue for Washington and Beijing”. Horrifying. Whether you're inclined to believe the author's (Noam Chomsky) analysis or the views of those he opposes, I doubt anyone can read unmoved this rollcall of suffering. So much violence, so many deaths. It does demand an Book Genre: Economics, History, International Relations, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Sociology, War Riot police line up outside a closed branch of the National Bank of Greece during a general strike in protest against austerity measures. Photograph: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images

The world’s leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rightsSome analysts believe that the new bank might turn out to be a competitor to the Bretton Woods institutions (the IMF and the World Bank), in which the United States holds veto power. There are also some expectations that the SCO might eventually become a counterpart to Nato. The challenges today: eastern Europe In fact, the US stand is far stronger. It does not tolerate what is officially called “successful defiance” of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, which declared (but could not yet implement) US control of the hemisphere. And a small country that carries out such successful defiance may be subjected to “the terrors of the earth” and a crushing embargo – as happened to Cuba. The Turkish public was not alone. Global opposition to US-UK aggression was overwhelming. Support for Washington’s war plans scarcely reached 10% almost anywhere, according to international polls. Opposition sparked huge worldwide protests, in the United States as well, probably the first time in history that imperial aggression was strongly protested even before it was officially launched.

Nato enlargement began at once, in violation of verbal assurances to Gorbachev that Nato forces would not move “one inch to the east” after he agreed that a unified Germany could become a Nato member – a remarkable concession, in the light of history. That discussion kept to East Germany. The possibility that Nato might expand beyond Germany was not discussed with Gorbachev, even if privately considered. Again, the invasion was horrifying enough, and its aftermath is utterly grotesque. Nevertheless, it could have been far worse. Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. All of these moves remain immune to Washington’s overwhelming military power, short of annihilation by nuclear war, which would destroy the US as well.

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The GWOT was declared by the Reagan administration when it took office, with fevered rhetoric about a “plague spread by depraved opponents of civilization itself” (as Reagan put it) and a “return to barbarism in the modern age” (the words of George Shultz, his secretary of state). If we adopt to the perspective of the world we might ask which criminal are 'wanted the world over'. The US has mainly seen its torture done for it by proxy - paying, arming, training and foreigners doing it but usually being careful to keep America at least one discreet step removed. Very similar processes are under way in the United States, for somewhat similar reasons, a matter of significance and concern not just for the country but, because of US power, for the world. Actually, the whole book talks about hypocrisy and double standards that “the world” has been committing throughout the years. And they are not the opinions of the author. He gives you all the facts clearly for you to see and think about. All the references are there as well if you want to know more about a certain subject. About 90% of the book is about what the United States and Israel did or are still doing. The victims are spread across the globe and their crime is “nationalism”. This is a word according to the author that “the world” hates a lot and does not want to see. “The world” considers independent nationalism a virus that might spread contagion. This virus might cause the creation of a parliamentary path toward some kind of democracy. And “the world” does not want that. Not only that but the author even goes on to say that the US and England before it, are more to support radical fundamentalist Islam (eg. Saudi Arabia) in opposition to secular nationalism which is a posing threat of independence and a huge risk of losing their hegemony over these countries!