[院校资料]the_bubble_of_american_supremacy

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1、TheBubbleofAmericanSupremacy AprominentfinancierarguesthattheheedlessassertionofAmericanpowerintheworldresemblesafinancialbubble—andthemomentoftruthmaybehere byGeorgeSoros  .....  ItisgenerallyagreedthatSeptember11,2001,changedthecourseofhistory.Butwemustaskourselveswhy

2、thatshouldbeso.Howcouldasingleevent,evenoneinvolving3,000civiliancasualties,havesuchafar-reachingeffect?TheanswerliesnotsomuchintheeventitselfasinthewaytheUnitedStates,undertheleadershipofPresidentGeorgeW.Bush,respondedtoit. Admittedly,theterroristattackwashistoricinits

3、ownright.Hijackingfullyfueledairlinersandusingthemassuicidebombswasanaudaciousidea,anditsexecutioncouldnothavebeenmorespectacular.ThedestructionoftheTwinTowersoftheWorldTradeCentermadeasymbolicstatementthatreverberatedaroundtheworld,andthefactthatpeoplecouldwatchtheeven

4、tontheirtelevisionsetsendoweditwithanemotionalimpactthatnoterroristacthadeverachievedbefore.Theaimofterrorismistoterrorize,andtheattackofSeptember11fullyaccomplishedthisobjective. Evenso,September11couldnothavechangedthecourseofhistorytotheextentthatithasifPresidentBush

5、hadnotrespondedtoitthewayhedid.Hedeclaredwaronterrorism,andunderthatguiseimplementedaradicalforeign-policyagendawhoseunderlyingprinciplespredatedthetragedy.Thoseprinciplescanbesummedupasfollows:Internationalrelationsarerelationsofpower,notlaw;powerprevailsandlawlegitimi

6、zeswhatprevails.TheUnitedStatesisunquestionablythedominantpowerinthepost-ColdWarworld;itisthereforeinapositiontoimposeitsviews,interests,andvalues.Theworldwouldbenefitfromadoptingthosevalues,becausetheAmericanmodelhasdemonstrateditssuperiority.TheClintonandfirstBushAdmi

7、nistrationsfailedtousethefullpotentialofAmericanpower.Thismustbecorrected;theUnitedStatesmustfindawaytoassertitssupremacyintheworld.Thisforeignpolicyispartofacomprehensiveideologycustomarilyreferredtoasneoconservatism,thoughIprefertodescribeitasacrudeformofsocialDarwini

8、sm.Icallitcrudebecauseitignorestheroleofcooperationinthesurvivalofthefittest,andputsalltheemphasisoncompetitio