9/11 starts new era
Published at The Shield
September 12, 2002
A year has passed of that day that we would not be able to erase from our memories, we will remember what we were doing that moment when we found out that the first plane crashed into one of the Twin Towers and most of us thought it was just an accident. There is no doubt that the attack was against Western civilization and the capitalist system.
We all lived during the 90s in an era called "Globalization." Some people thought at the ending of that decade that it was "The end of history" as Francis Fukuyama named it, or the "Clash of Civilization" would start as described by Samuel Huntington. All this because of the end of the Cold War. There is now a new tendency of thinking that the new century has started on September 11, 2001.
One of the ways to understand that some things are changing is getting closer to an airport. There are more guards, more interviews, and more delays because of the security.
Other way is to see how the agenda of Bush's Administration have change, he started the foreign policy declaring an "Era of the Americas", and that is not happening. Instead, United States is getting into a unilateral way of behaving, and this is not bad if you think of it as a protection of their interest. And one of those interests is taking Saddam Hussein from power.
This interest is not being shared by the whole World. Last week some countries, like Germany and Saudi Arabia, showed more disbelief and dissatisfaction than support.
In some cases, the reason is economic problems, domestic politics, and disapproval of the USA's foreign policy and their treatment of the International law. The United States does not count with the International Coalition as they did after September 11, and that is why they should decide if going on unilaterally or multilaterally, and this will be founding some solutions at the United Nations Security Council.
Now the international scenario is different but there are some problems that must be resolved, and at the end will help to finish with terrorism. These problems are the poverty in many countries that host terrorist and allow the cells of terrorist groups established their bases. Nevertheless, hunger and poverty in the Third World must be resolved, not only because of terrorism, but focusing on the needs of populations suffering in undemocratic societies than on the authoritarian regimes that governs them. However, there are some leaders trying to loud their voices to uplift impoverished nations like the United Nation Forum in South Africa last week.
Peace always looks the hardest way of resolving problems in international relations, let us hope that this time war is the last tool leaders choose to fix world problems.
September 12, 2002
A year has passed of that day that we would not be able to erase from our memories, we will remember what we were doing that moment when we found out that the first plane crashed into one of the Twin Towers and most of us thought it was just an accident. There is no doubt that the attack was against Western civilization and the capitalist system.
We all lived during the 90s in an era called "Globalization." Some people thought at the ending of that decade that it was "The end of history" as Francis Fukuyama named it, or the "Clash of Civilization" would start as described by Samuel Huntington. All this because of the end of the Cold War. There is now a new tendency of thinking that the new century has started on September 11, 2001.
One of the ways to understand that some things are changing is getting closer to an airport. There are more guards, more interviews, and more delays because of the security.
Other way is to see how the agenda of Bush's Administration have change, he started the foreign policy declaring an "Era of the Americas", and that is not happening. Instead, United States is getting into a unilateral way of behaving, and this is not bad if you think of it as a protection of their interest. And one of those interests is taking Saddam Hussein from power.
This interest is not being shared by the whole World. Last week some countries, like Germany and Saudi Arabia, showed more disbelief and dissatisfaction than support.
In some cases, the reason is economic problems, domestic politics, and disapproval of the USA's foreign policy and their treatment of the International law. The United States does not count with the International Coalition as they did after September 11, and that is why they should decide if going on unilaterally or multilaterally, and this will be founding some solutions at the United Nations Security Council.
Now the international scenario is different but there are some problems that must be resolved, and at the end will help to finish with terrorism. These problems are the poverty in many countries that host terrorist and allow the cells of terrorist groups established their bases. Nevertheless, hunger and poverty in the Third World must be resolved, not only because of terrorism, but focusing on the needs of populations suffering in undemocratic societies than on the authoritarian regimes that governs them. However, there are some leaders trying to loud their voices to uplift impoverished nations like the United Nation Forum in South Africa last week.
Peace always looks the hardest way of resolving problems in international relations, let us hope that this time war is the last tool leaders choose to fix world problems.
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9/14/2006
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