Published in Jang
(Pakistan) on 19 August 2011
by Saleem Yezdani [link to original]
Translated from Urdu by Zain Jamshaid. Edited by Mark DeLucas.
Posted on August 29, 2011.
While I don’t much like the idea of empire any more than any other decent and sane person, I don’t see what could possibly happen in a place like Afghanistan, which for all intents and purposes is the absolute end of the world, that could bring down America.
I think the author of the above article is writing a fantasy piece designed to make himself feel good.
The current leading empire in the world isn’t America – it’s a small group of rich people from a host of nations. The rich have globalized – it’s them against everyone else, and this tiny group of men control 85 percent of the world’s wealth. They call the shots and they rule the world. Americans are simply the deluded fools who do the work, just like your average citizen in Pakistan.
While I don’t much like the idea of empire any more than any other decent and sane person, I don’t see what could possibly happen in a place like Afghanistan, which for all intents and purposes is the absolute end of the world, that could bring down America.
I think the author of the above article is writing a fantasy piece designed to make himself feel good.
The current leading empire in the world isn’t America – it’s a small group of rich people from a host of nations. The rich have globalized – it’s them against everyone else, and this tiny group of men control 85 percent of the world’s wealth. They call the shots and they rule the world. Americans are simply the deluded fools who do the work, just like your average citizen in Pakistan.