Bellum Romana Part Two

The War on Terror has a different nomenclature under Obama's presidency. He continues to authorize the drone hellfire missiles on Pakistan: North and South Waziristan. The leader of Pakistan, Zardari, asserts to his population that the existence of the nation-state is in jeopardy from the Taliban forces that reside in these tribal- lawless- areas. Is this his implicit decree to proffer Obama incursions into Waziristan?

There is a plethora of war fronts: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan; in addition, the US military defense budget is -or has approached- $1 Trillion ( Many sources have reported on this statistic: www.the realnews.com, www.democracynow.org, as well as authors: Jospeh Stiglitz, Miriam Pemberton, and Nancy Youssef.) and it is very difficult to ascertain how the Obama Administration will acquire the funds to stimulate the economy.

The salient quandary is Obama's premise of change: Does this include respect for the sovereignty of nation-states? A new level of consciousness? A fresh American conscience? If the US wishes to assert a New World Order it should promote one of an honest broker, a harbinger of peace, an envoy that affirms and engages in humanitarian assistance rather one that tacitly and explicitly entertains the Casus Belli. The international community requires less a USA that flaunts an Imperium Americana, but more a Pax Americana within a community of nation-states that reject the Casus Belli. 

Time is a precious gem... one that Obama must maintain near... but unfortunately the present military actions by his Adm. in Pakistan fragment all the euphonic yawps of change: his campaign , his inaugural speech,  and his press briefings.