Scary Thought: American Empire

America is desperately trying to mold itself into the image of the Britain of old, where the sun never set on the empire. This time it appears the country will start with Iraq and then march on to any country that it deems contributing to the continual dominance of the world's only super power. Those areas of the world that are seen as unnecessary to America's rise will initially go ignored. Places such as Darfur in the Sudan, where disease and war continue to reduce those populations. But it is these countries where resistance to American hemegony will take root and it will be in these countries where America will bring its next wars. It is already being seen in Iraq, where the USA is building sprawling military complexes, complexes whereby the US military will hunker down and maintain a huge presence for the foreseeable future, to ensure the free flowing of oil to the country. It was never about WMDs, that has proven false, it was never about deposing a dictator, it was always about the oil, and the buildup of the US military in a region that is full of it.
Countries that rely on oil today will suffer, as the US gains a hold and controls the flow of that oil. Countries that have already switched to alternative fuels, such as Alcool in Brazil will not have to worry about the future rationing of oil that will be controlled not by OPEC, but the USA. Venezuela is next. Bring them home? Hell no, Not with Bush III waiting on deck and the Mexican Bush in the dugout.