by Peter N. Kirstein
Americans need to construe the Iraq War and the so-called “War Against Terrorism” as symptoms of a broader problem that afflicts America. That problem is militarism as a key component of our culture and ethos, and explains in part why the United States is unwilling to behave in a more responsible manner as a custodian of our planet. The obsession with national security, vital strategic interests and America’s global power projection have undermined the nation’s capacity to assume responsibility or even concern about the future of the world’s six billion people. American is driven merely by geopolitics fueled by adoration of its destructive power.
The United States, despite the warnings of President Dwight Eisenhower in his 1961 Farewell Address,
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Peter N. Kirstein is professor of history at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois.
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