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A question and title of a thread - Is economic collapse in the United States imminent?
The answer is no, but the current way is unsustainable. Andrew J. Bacevich articulates my concerns and the fact that the US must change current policies and its lifestyle.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/watch.html
Bacevich is author of The Limits Of Power: The End Of American Exceptionalism and
American Empire: The Realities And Consequences Of U. S. Diplomacy (2002),
The Imperial Tense: Problems And Prospects Of American Empire (2003) (Editor),
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced By War (2005), and
The Long War: A New History Of Us National Security Policy Since World War II (2007) (Editor)
The answer is no, but the current way is unsustainable. Andrew J. Bacevich articulates my concerns and the fact that the US must change current policies and its lifestyle.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/watch.html
Is an imperial presidency destroying what America stands for? Bill Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism, and calls for a redefinition of the American way of life.
and Carter was right.BILL MOYERS: You're the only author I have read, since I read Jimmy Carter, who gives so much time to the President's speech on July 15th, 1979. Why does that speech speak to you so strongly?
ANDREW BACEVICH: Well, this is the so-called Malaise Speech, even though he never used the word "malaise" in the text to the address. It's a very powerful speech, I think, because President Carter says in that speech, oil, our dependence on oil, poses a looming threat to the country. If we act now, we may be able to fix this problem. If we don't act now, we're headed down a path in which not only will we become increasingly dependent upon foreign oil, but we will have opted for a false model of freedom. A freedom of materialism, a freedom of self-indulgence, a freedom of collective recklessness. And what the President was saying at the time was, we need to think about what we mean by freedom. We need to choose a definition of freedom which is anchored in truth, and the way to manifest that choice, is by addressing our energy problem.
He had a profound understanding of the dilemma facing the country in the post Vietnam period. And of course, he was completely hooted, derided, disregarded.
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Bacevich is author of The Limits Of Power: The End Of American Exceptionalism and
American Empire: The Realities And Consequences Of U. S. Diplomacy (2002),
The Imperial Tense: Problems And Prospects Of American Empire (2003) (Editor),
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced By War (2005), and
The Long War: A New History Of Us National Security Policy Since World War II (2007) (Editor)