Reading Log 7

I have continued reading "Americas Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Power". In the last chapter I read it talked about how the New World was similar to the ancient legend of the lost world of Alantis. Just as in the legand of Atlantis the founding fathers of America saw America as a new light. If you look at the United States seal printed on every one dollar bill you will see that it is an ancient Egyption pyramid with an the eye of Horus the Egyption Sun God, who's essence is light a and who represents the eye of knowlege. In this image the founding fathers of the United States created America to be a became an example of the most perfect nation in the world and a became of freedom for the rest of the world to seek. As with all empires march to power the United States march to dominance was not without bloodshed. Through our relative short history we have almost been involved in some overseas conflict. Through military power the United States achieved independence from Great Britain, something that no other colony of Great Britian was able to acheive for two more centuries. After WWI Great Britian acknowleged that the United States had a navel equal navy as her own and reconized the United States as an equal world superpower. Since the beginning of the United States history she has deployed troops all over the globe sending troops to Asia, Africa, and South America, to represent America's foreign interest.

Today the United States is continue to spread it's empire through military power and futrth expand it's base of influence. Recently the United States was attacked by a small group and for the first time America realized that it was not invisiable. The United States felt threatend and in responce tried to prove to the world that the United States was still the strongest most powerful nation in the world through military oppuration in the middle east. First the United States consintrated on Afganistghan and then moved to Iraq. The United States based it's foreign policy on a strike first policy. The strategy of this policy is that you can not show your enemies that you are weak and that the only way to prevent them from attacking you is to intimidate them. Furthermore the some leaders of the United States beleives that the beacom of freedom that the United States represents needs to be spread throughout the world through military force so that all global citizens can enjoy the same freedom and opertunities excessible to every ctizen.

Questions:

Is there a way for the United States to still be able to promote it's foreign interest and at the same time make decisions that are beniefitial for the world?

How will the United States respond to the globalization that is overtaking world economics and politics?

How does the rest of the world view the United States and do they feel that the United States is attempting to try to take to much power and what are the other nations doing to try to balance the United States global power?