Tapsearch Com EditorWhere is the Super Power?
December 25th 2006 13:09
2006 - The year which will go down in American History as the most infamous of them all.
A country which tried to dominate and failed, which tried to spread democracy and failed,
which tried to do everything for its own self and destructed itself. Inspired by one of the worst leadership ever, it has had searched its own nemesis for catostrophe.
It wasn't that all was not well in 2006. Lets take the world cup football which took place in Germany. That U.S.A tried to prove itself in the global sport was not surprising. China qualified before than them, the africans are vying for the next sporting prowess and asia is poised to take on the ever solid europeans at some stage. Even ranked at number six in the FIFA world rankings was not satisfying for a country used to dominate everything and everywhere.
Back in the 1980s where America was the lonely superpower with U.S.S.R trying invain to match it, the world had no choice but to accept whatever the U.S did. Fast forward a couple of decades, America is found wanting for its self-image and pride. Yes, it still has the mightiest and the most modernised army in the world, but that is not a sign of domination. Now the world has been accustomised to multi-polar world, where China and India are dictating the economic terms, Latin Americans giving a run for American democracy and last, but not the least, the ever growing Russians, having greater influence on world politics than the United States in recent years.
The popularity of U.S is also at all time low. North Korea and Iran doesnt give a damn about America and its U.N council. Leaders in the middle-east are now having greater confidence in Russia as a neutral negotiator than America. No need to mention Iraq and Afghanistan for the billionth time. The foreign policy has failed tremendously under the 'devil', as stated by Hugo Chavez.
The loss of Republicans last November to the Democrats resounds throughout the U.S and its allies. The whole world is now hoping that there will be a change, at last, and that too, a good one. The country itself needs a drastic change if it wants to regain its very own self. It will change, but not yet, not yet... Football (sadly) isn't everything in life.
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