Of course. But if Pax Americana is the neocons' actual goal then they're failing miserably. America is more divided than ever, and the only reason we don't break out into civil war is that we still remember what it cost us last time. Despite their motto, PNAC mostly concerns itself with foreign policy. They may think they have a plan for uniting the world under American leadership, but it doesn't look like they have a plan for uniting America.
Domestic peace is desirable, wouldn't you agree floyd?
The problem is there is a lack of consensus on many key issues, and nobody's willing to compromise. Perhpas Nietzsche was correct when he wrote, "Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones but by extreme positions of the opposite kind." If so then PNAC doesn't have the solution to our nation's current identity crisis.
If none of us can agree what shape the world is in then how are we supposed to make peace with it? If America doesn't have the ability to make peace with the rest of the world, then who does? Is it better that we fade away under the onslaught of foreign powers in order to avoid the 'evils' of remaking the world in our own image? Are we so afraid of being labeled fascists that we'll avoid any chance to preserve our way of life?
Sometimes I think our society want's to die.
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