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.

North and South Waziristan

Mr Obama, number 44, authorizes Hellfire missile attacks on villages in North and South Waziristan, the drones kill taliban members, but also kill innocent civilians on Friday, January 23.

Is this the new rapprochement to Muslim nations and states that the international community

is to anticipate...?  Is this not a pervasive modus operandi of the Bush-light 43 Administration...?

Does this not indicate that the "War on Terror" is now a mantra of the Obama Adm...?

The Bellum Americana marches on... into new campaigns of asymmetrical warfare. "Mr. Obama

has affirmed a New American Century of peace, change, and detente." ( Is there any irony...) Will these conflicts not become his Vietnams...? One must examine the military spending for 2008, it is approaching 1 trillion US Dollars ( peruse Mr Joseph Stiglitz's artifact). It is clear that the military industrial complex will have just as much "steam" and "wind" ( destruction and blood) with the support of Obama.  Is this the change that he campaigned..

The winds of the east will not be silenced, the voices of the innocent can not be silenced; it is American Foreign Policy that disseminates  the sand dunes  of belligerency.

The 1949 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Mr Obama must read the 1949 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia pursuant to the most recent attacks of Pakistan: North Wazirstan  by US missiles (Marchak 41, 45) .If universal treaties and human rights represent a void, a nothingness, an absurdity for Mr. Obama, president 44, what kind of change does he wish to articulate...?

Moreover, it only permits him to promulgate the policies of Bush 43. Is this the change that the world must anticipate... Gaza... Darfur... Afghanistan... Iraq... Somalia...Zimbabwe...Congo...   In Mr Obama's recent address did he allude to these nations explicitly... How much time should we proffer him...?  He moved swiftly to bail out the Wall Street Kleptocrats... but, what of all the calamities in the world that need to be considered...?

Yes, change; yes we can...    . This melody collapses on the dung heaps of the moraines .

Bellum Romana Continues

Mr. Obama has continued the War on Terror, even though he has not used the nomenclature.

One may witness the missile attacks into the tribal areas of Pakistan, North Wazirstan; moreover, his inaugural address ... as he recalls the nostalgia of the forefathers: Adams, Jefferson.. et al. Does Mr Obama remember the horrible atrocities that were committed in the name of the American Imperial Empire against the Aboriginals: Seminoles, Cubans...? These

actions were introduced to expand the American mainland. Yes, Guantanamo will be closing... but one year...? and what about the other CIA prisons: Bagram? Abu Gharib? Those located in Syria, Egypt, Eastern Europe...? No reference to these.. Is the Bush-light cycle repeating itself in another form...?? Is it clouded with beautiful euphonic melodies...?

Is the sovereignty of Pakistan relevant? Is Pakistan a failed state; thus, it makes his a belligerent actions morally correct? What happened to the respect to all the Muslim peoples... Therefore, is Obama using euphemisms  to cloud the perennial war on terror?

The Palestinian question also requires address. Did he categorically deplore the IDF mission in Gaza? Will he continue with 2-3 billion military aid to Israel? Will he enforce the openings of the crossings: Rafah? Erez? et al?

Obama Fails to introduce Real Change

It is important to note that the more Capital Hill-White House- changes the more it remains static. Obama spends approximately 170 million for his presidential inauguration ceremony; yet Bush 43 spent 42 million. How does this reflect a nation in an economic crisis...?? Mr Obama admitted to an economic crisis, neverthless, how can he justify this exorbitant expense...??