Further trampling on the sovereignty of nations: Bush Doctrine
In the modern and civilized world, respect for national sovereignty is a fundamental principle in international relations. This served as the most basic principle in the creation of the United Nations after World War II. This same principle, espoused by various other international institutions and conferences, has been further developed through concepts such as respect for the right to self-determination, non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, recognition of each others� territorial integrity, equality among nations, peaceful coexistence and mutual non-aggression.
In the past 50 years, the US has repeatedly violated the sovereignty of countries in its bid to impose imperialist interest in every part of the globe. It has done so in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Korea, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Nicaragua, Panama, Haiti, Grenada and other countries.
In waging its war of aggression against Afghanistan and declaring a "war without borders", US imperialism has opened a new chapter in the unprecedented violation and disregard for the principle of national sovereignty and the corresponding rules governing international relations.
In the past year, the US wholly arrogated unto itself the right to invade Afghanistan, in total disregard of the country�s independence. US imperialism exploited the September 11, 2001 attack to declare a "war against terrorism" and justify its aggression in Afghanistan. To form a multinational "anti-terrorist coalition" to support this war, it has onerously imposed its own will upon every country of the world through threats of economic sanctions or military attack against any country that refuses to join the "coalition".
Consequent to the US� brusque diplomacy and collusion with puppet regimes, 136 countries extended "assistance" to the US, including 89 countries that "allowed" US war planes access to their air space, 76 that "allowed" US military aircraft to land on their territory and 23 that "offered" the use of their countries as launching pads for offensive operations of American troops. In the final analysis, all these actions constituted either partial or full surrender of their countries� sovereignty.
On January 31, Bush did some further arm twisting of other nations. The chief bully of imperialism directly threatened to trample the sovereignty of any country that refuses to bow to its will. In his State of the Union Address before the US congress, he declared "if they don�t act, America will". It was a statement full of arrogance and outright violation of the right of nations to decide matters for themselves. US has unilaterally determined according to its impositions, the course of action that the countries of the world should take.
US imperialism is now foisting the "Bush doctrine": the "war against terrorism" has been superimposed as the overriding principle in international relations, to justify the launching of the "war without borders" and outright attacks on any country by the US to hunt down threats against its monopoly capitalist interests that it calls "terrorists".
US imperialism has been ramming down the throats of the international community the idea that the new "Bush doctrine" is far more important than any principle that takes into account the independence and sovereignty of nations.
It therefore comes as no surprise that after pursuing the al Qaida and overthrowing the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, Bush has ranged as the "Axis of Evil", North Korea, Iraq and Iran � countries with records of resisting the US and opposing the imposition of imperialist power in their respective countries.
These past years, US imperialism had been hiding behind the cloak of multilateral action, the same way it used the UN and the Multinational Peacekeeping Force to cover up its attacks on Iraq and Yugoslavia. Now it is acting unilaterally and without consulting anyone � especially in regard to the deployment of military forces � in any part of the world. This is now viewed with trepidation even by other imperialist countries.
The US has been aggressively preparing for, seeking and instigating wars. Its objective is to expand and deepen its imperialist hegemony and "globalization" policy. The US wants to jumpstart and pull through its failing economy from recession by further squeezing its neocolonies dry and strengthening its war industry. It has been imposing its military might in various corners of the globe to suppress the anti-imperialist and revolutionary resistance of the world�s peoples.
Its unbridled violation of the rights of nations, its brandishing of superiority and power the world over and the greater suffering this will bring upon the world�s peoples will boomerang on US imperialism. Whatever immediate benefit US imperialism gains from riding roughshod on the rights and welfare of nations and peoples, sooner or later, it will certainly reap even bigger losses. US imperialism will incur the greater wrath and face intensified resistance from all who were ravaged and made to suffer in its rampage, until eventually, the oppression and enslavement it has wrought the world over will be eliminated.
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