banking services chronicle june 2021

 banking services chronicle june 2021

banking services chronicle june 2021 published this article  Lest someone attempts to accuse Mr Pillar of being a bureaucratic malcontent he was installed on the faculty for Security Studies at the prestigious Georgetown University soon after his resignation from the CIA. The astounding carnage of Viet Nam  58000 American dead over 150000 wounded approximately 24million Vietnamese dead and wounded  still dwarfs the totals for the Iraqi incursion but tell that to each family who loses a loved one and see if it offers them any solace. These soldiers fighters and innocents are not dying or being maimed for noble causes but for cynical agenda vague definitions of an enemy on one side and warped extreme fundamentalism on the other. The fact that the casualties in Iraq show no signs of subsiding make the assertions in Mr Pillars article all the more exasperating. A new documentary has also been recently released. Why We Fight was produced and directed by Eugene Jarecki who used a spectrum of interviews to delve into the effects of current American foreign policy. These range from former Bush adminstration officials to critics to American fighter pilots to a policeman who lost a son when the jets hit the towers in New York. Jareckis premise is based on a famous farewell speech by Dwight David Eisenhower in 1961 who warned of a shadowy militaryindustrial complex that had the potential to hijack American foreign policy without the publics ability to sufficiently contain it. Given Eisenhowers status as the Allied supreme commander in World War II as well as his presidency his warning was not only jarring but prophetic especially coming as it did on the throes of the Viet Nam conflict. All appearances now are that its even more pertinent today. In retrospect it is also ironic to think that it may have been the Americans who were being held in check by the balance of power posed by a totalitarian Soviet regime. Theres no doubt the reverse was true as well but I had always thought the Americans realized their best global weapon was their culture I continue to believe their culture not their weaponry caused the USSR to collapse. As such I fail to understand why each successive American presidency hasnt realized that simple and obvious observation. Putting that point to an unscientific test Ive asked various citizens of Iraq  and Iran for that matter  what foreign country they most admire and more often than not they cite the USA. If I follow that with a question about which government they least admire they cite the USA. Call me simplistic but not only does it seem burgers and bluejeans do a better job of making friends they cause significantly fewer deaths in the process. However as long as the American public allows its presidency the inherent power of overbearing rebuttal to any dissenting information without a constant call to justify itself there will be no subsidence in damaged lives or diverted resources. Until then as Saddam the old vet and history have combined to predict Iraq is a grunts war fought one building at a time. And like every other war not every grunt will come home alive or well. banking services chronicle june 2021