The Bubble of American Supremacy:
The Costs of Bushs War in Iraq by
George Soros
Soros Continues To Give Us Clues....
Proving that exorbitant wealth and allegiance to the Republican Party do
not necessarily go hand in hand, billionaire George Soros offers a sharp
critique of the neoconservative philosophy that he sees guiding the George
W. Bush administration. In The Bubble of American Supremacy, Soros
warns that American efforts to be the ultimate global superpower will not
only be unsuccessful but will make America and the world infinitely more
unstable. Bush and company, he says, have callously used the events of
September 11th for their own political gain and misled the world about the
threat posed by Iraq. In previous American presidential elections,
billionaires Steve Forbes and Ross Perot have tried to run for president
themselves to address the countrys problems, but Soros--while no less
zealous about his convictions--sees his role a little differently. I have made
it my primary objective to persuade the American public to reject President

Bush in the upcoming elections, he writes, We have been deceived. The
arguments he makes and the evidence he presents are interesting
enough, although there really isnt anything here that hasnt been written in
scores of other anti-Bush books released around the same time. What sets
Soross book apart from all the others is the recurring presence of Soros
himself, frequently citing previous books hes written, speeches hes made,
and highlights of his career. The pronoun I is never far away. Granted, its
been an interesting career; his financial success coupled with his
passionate political convictions would make for a terrific memoir, but at
times in this book Soross ego gets almost comically in the way. Referring
to his long-held support for open societies, he says this philosophy could
almost be called the Soros doctrine only to renounce propriety over it a
page later. Soros is a capable writer and a clear thinker, and he ably
articulates his views. Readers interested in criticisms of Bush and
company have several options but readers interested in George Soros will
find plenty to satisfy them here. --John Moe
Personal Review: The Bubble of American Supremacy: The
Costs of Bushs War in Iraq by George Soros
In his last effort to dump George Bush, Soros resorts to his stern objectivity
and economic savvy to expose the disastrous consequences of keeping a
drug-rehabilitated and born-again Christian in the driver's seat of a
superpower. Soros attributes to the latter traits, Bush's experience with the
devil. Bush found his mission in 9/11 and the neocons found their man in
Bush. That was crude social Darwinism achieved by military supremacy to
ensure national survival and subjugate the rest of the world. The nation
that is fittest militarily survives, others perish.
Hoping that Bush would lose the 2004 election, Soros described the
Bush's doctrine as a bubble of supremacy that would soon burst. He likens
military fundamentalism by market fundamentalism. Both tend to favor the
interest of individual nations and disregard the collective welfare of whole
body of nations. Thus, as the sole superpower, America is wasting its
treasures and making its mistakes that caused far-from equilibrium world
peace. Since there is no other nation stronger than America, America
would only decline by virtue of its own mistakes. Those are plenty, thanks
to Bush's doctrine.
Soros takes on Bush's proclamation to rally the world for the American
cause and to take the war to the enemy. In an open society, people
choose for themselves and do not need others to rally them. Thus, Bush's
views of subjugating the world to his American causes are fundamentalist,
not only militarily and economically, but also religiously. Secondly, the
enemy has no address to wage war at. Soros brilliantly relies on the dictum
of victim-perpetrator analogy to analyze many examples of international
terrors. He concludes that America should have never overreacted to 9/11
in such manner that squandered opportunities for world peace. Terror was
around since the beginning of history and would not disappear soon. It is
even worse when nations turn terrorists and not realize it. He exemplifies

that with our count of our deaths in Iraq while forgetting about the Iraqi
deaths.
One of the craziest ideas, Soros discusses, is the MAD; mutual assured
destruction, which calls for wide spread of nuclear weapons such that
nations would be deterred by fear from mutual destruction. Similarly is the
debate over the war on drug; whether to deal with addicts as sick or
criminals? Whether illicit drugs made legal?
Soros outlines three scenarios for getting into the Iraq quagmire: Oil,
Israel, and Imperial supremacy. Those are concealed under the façade of
spreading democracy and ridding of weapons of mass destruction. He
overlooks the personal influence of the rich Kuwaitis and Saudis dreaded
Saddam's adventures.
To Soros' dismay, reason does not prevail in politics or in economics. His
theory on reflexivity in economics, has a role in politics as well. Electorate
has emotions that determine future leaders. Leaders have emotions that
shape their decisions. Thus, world peace is as unpredictable as world
market. The bust and boom, in economics, works well in politics. Yet, with
all the criticism to Bush's policy in Iraq, history might credit Bush for his
daring and charismatic risk in altering the course of a totalitarian regime.
Getting Saddam into a prison cell would not be forgotten for generations
and might even be correlated with biblical justice in the eyes of many
Muslims. Major historical landmarks were made by radical leaders.
Mohamed F. El-Hewie
Author of
Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training
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