2 posts tagged “communism”

One of the key challenges facing the United States in its struggle against a global insurgency fueled by Islamic expansionism, Communist expansionism, the web of narcotics and criminal networks and transnational terrorism, is the role deception plays in furthering the agendas and interests of these national and non-state actors. Deception has always been difficult for Americans to come to grips with because of its appeal to the darker side of the human psyche. America has always been an open, free and prosperous nation that generally detests such behavioral practices. When it comes to deception by the enemy, the US has always been ready to fight the “last war” because of our failure to adequately prepare ourselves to the current threat environment.

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By Alan Caruba

I am already quite sick of hearing Democrat candidates say that we have to «improve America's standing in the world» as if the whole world holds our nation in contempt or disagrees with our actions.

All nations act upon what they believe to be their best interests and those interests are often shaped by their political philosophy. These things are subject to change. For example, there are some 200 sovereign nations in the world. Of these, 120 are multi-party democracies. Compare this with 1970 when there were fewer than 35 nations that were not outright dictatorships or operating under the iron fist of the single party rule of Communism.

 One might conclude from this that democracy is catching on around the world and that in this new century most people want some form of representative government for their nation.

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