Can “Our National Interests” Justify Our Behavior In the World?
In the Soviet Russia the formula for redeeming “our” often violent behavior inside the country and abroad was reduced to a silly syllogism: “what is good for Communism is also good for humankind, therefore if our destructive behavior serves Communism it is moral, noble and justifiable!” Another simple sample of justification for inhumane behavior was produced in the Third Reich – if my behavior as a patriot and a soldier is good for Germany then it is moral and heroic because “my/our great country” is a natural leader of other nations. Germany is uber alles (above all)! But for the author of this article who was born from the angry and hungry womb of socialism and who was fed by the milk of communist belief intended to nourish the future planetary warriors, it was shocking to recognize a similar justificatory formula used in U.S. during the Bushmerican years. The Bushmerican corporate power in the name of American democracy proclaimed that its private profit making is number one Americ
