'Richard Cook - Special Report: War or Peace?
> [David] Rockefeller had been quoted as saying at the United Nations
> on September 23, 1994:
> "This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful
> and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for
> too long. We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we
> need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New
> World Order." (Berit Kjos, "The U.N. Plan for Global Migration,"
> News with Views, 2006)
> "The document that Mr. Brown first made public on Wednesday
> morning …proposes a set of organizations — a ‘new international
> financial architecture for the global age’— that will monitor risks
> in the financial system and provide an early-warning system;
> determine global standards of regulation; supervise international
> corporations in their cross-border activities, protect markets from
> excessive activities of speculators; stamp out major conflicts of
> interest and set standards for pay and bonuses; internationalize
> accounting standards, and provide transparency in complex financial
> transactions."
Whenever a new centralization of power occurs, it is always justified
on the basis of benefits that could result. Once the centralization
happens, however, the benefits are forgotten and the new power center
serves its own interests.
rkm
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From: Richard Cook
Date: October 26, 2008 2:47:06 PM GMT+00:00
Subject: FW: New Article by Richard C. Cook
SPECIAL REPORT
War or Peace?
The World After the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election:
October 26, 2008
By Richard C. Cook
With the presidential election only a week away, the financial crisis
has been dominating the news, but behind it is an even larger
question of war vs. peace. This article will appear in a forthcoming
issue of Eurasia Critic magazine.
INTRODUCTION
World war or world peace is the blunt choice that will face either
Barack Obama or John McCain when one of them is elected president of
the United States on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
For a major eruption of violence to be averted, the new president
must deal positively with the reappearance of Russia on the world
stage, the emergence of China as an economic force, and the
aspirations of all the nations on earth for a decent and secure way
of life.
Making matters much more dangerous are the ongoing financial crisis,
along with what appears to be the start of a worldwide economic
recession of as yet undetermined depth and duration.
It is Europe, not the U.S., from which proposals are emerging for a
transformative approach to the most compelling issues. But will it be
enough?
THE DISASTROUS PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH
In December 2000, at the time the U.S. Supreme Court was intervening
in the disputed vote count in Florida to name Republican George W.
Bush president over Democrat Al Gore, the stock market began to
crash. The "dot.com" bubble, based largely on foreign investment in
internet companies and technology stocks, deflated. By the time Bush
was inaugurated in January 2001, signs of a recession were appearing.
This did not prevent the Bush administration from initiating a $450
billion tax cut for the upper income brackets that Congress approved
in March 2001. A similar cut was subsequently enacted in May 2003.
On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New
York City were attacked by airplanes flying into them, followed that
morning by an air attack on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.'
> on September 23, 1994:
> "This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful
> and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for
> too long. We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we
> need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New
> World Order." (Berit Kjos, "The U.N. Plan for Global Migration,"
> News with Views, 2006)
> "The document that Mr. Brown first made public on Wednesday
> morning …proposes a set of organizations — a ‘new international
> financial architecture for the global age’— that will monitor risks
> in the financial system and provide an early-warning system;
> determine global standards of regulation; supervise international
> corporations in their cross-border activities, protect markets from
> excessive activities of speculators; stamp out major conflicts of
> interest and set standards for pay and bonuses; internationalize
> accounting standards, and provide transparency in complex financial
> transactions."
Whenever a new centralization of power occurs, it is always justified
on the basis of benefits that could result. Once the centralization
happens, however, the benefits are forgotten and the new power center
serves its own interests.
rkm
______________
From: Richard Cook
Date: October 26, 2008 2:47:06 PM GMT+00:00
Subject: FW: New Article by Richard C. Cook
SPECIAL REPORT
War or Peace?
The World After the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election:
October 26, 2008
By Richard C. Cook
With the presidential election only a week away, the financial crisis
has been dominating the news, but behind it is an even larger
question of war vs. peace. This article will appear in a forthcoming
issue of Eurasia Critic magazine.
INTRODUCTION
World war or world peace is the blunt choice that will face either
Barack Obama or John McCain when one of them is elected president of
the United States on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
For a major eruption of violence to be averted, the new president
must deal positively with the reappearance of Russia on the world
stage, the emergence of China as an economic force, and the
aspirations of all the nations on earth for a decent and secure way
of life.
Making matters much more dangerous are the ongoing financial crisis,
along with what appears to be the start of a worldwide economic
recession of as yet undetermined depth and duration.
It is Europe, not the U.S., from which proposals are emerging for a
transformative approach to the most compelling issues. But will it be
enough?
THE DISASTROUS PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH
In December 2000, at the time the U.S. Supreme Court was intervening
in the disputed vote count in Florida to name Republican George W.
Bush president over Democrat Al Gore, the stock market began to
crash. The "dot.com" bubble, based largely on foreign investment in
internet companies and technology stocks, deflated. By the time Bush
was inaugurated in January 2001, signs of a recession were appearing.
This did not prevent the Bush administration from initiating a $450
billion tax cut for the upper income brackets that Congress approved
in March 2001. A similar cut was subsequently enacted in May 2003.
On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New
York City were attacked by airplanes flying into them, followed that
morning by an air attack on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.'
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