Reviews for The Bush agenda

The average rating for The Bush agenda based on 4 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-14 00:00:00 Andrew Mcleod Don't let the title fool you. This has been America's foreign policy for a century. Collecting all the pieces of information I've heard over the years, this exposé of the real reason for the war in Iraq should be called definitive. After the fall of Soviet Union, certain people decided this was the opportunity to rebuild the Roman Empire. The only way to ensure peace on Earth was for America to become so dominant no other nation will dare try to rise up and challenge it. Using outright military force is too obvious in these modern times, so economic submission is the weapon of choice. Part and parcel of this goal are free trade agreements and IMF and World Bank loans. The terms on member states force nations to cut government spending, divert those resources to loan repayment; privatization of public sector services, opening them to foreign investment; allowing foreign companies to come; removing tariffs on foreign goods. All of this combines to destroy local economies and impoverish native peoples. It turns entire nations into serfs working for factories created by multinational corporations. This money does not go back to the local economies, or help the nation in any way. The devastation of the economy under these terms makes the nation dependent on IMF and World Bank loans. Iraq was one such nation the US was trying to get to agree to such terms. US companies wanted in, Hussein would not allow it, so the US tried to overthrow him and replace him with a more US-friendly leader. This failed, so invasion was necessary, but packaged as anti-terrorism. The 2003 invasion of Iraq did not happen in a vacuum. Bush 41 did not remove Hussein from power at the end of the Gulf War for no reason. He thought with this show of force Hussein would be more open to negotiation. All of this was a continuation of international corporate efforts to enter the country for oil profits, among other enterprises. Hussein would not play ball. Corporate America worked its way into the government and took the US to war, all so corporate America could gain access to new markets. It was never about terrorism. Iraq was no threat. It was all about business interests. Corporate America has profited off the war in Iraq, leaving the people decimated. Iraqis are fighting back not because they're terrorists, but because we invaded them. The USA is the aggressor. US companies are taking their oil and giving them nothing in return. US companies are privatizing their public services, making them worse, reaping huge profits and hurting the Iraqi people. The people are fighting back, and we label them "terrorists." The US replaced Hussein with another dictator and rewrote the laws to favor US corporations. It has dismantled the public infrastructure and allowed private corporations to come in and profit from them. It has done this exact same thing in many sub-Saharan African nations: propping up corrupt regimes to keep public utilities in disrepair, or nonexistent, so private firms can move in and fill the gap, all to open new markets to exploit. The US used Iraq as a warning to other nations in the region who refuse to play ball with free trade agreements. The message is clear: do business with the USA, or we will replace you with someone who will. The war on terror has increased terrorism. It has done exactly what its corporate authors intended: huge profits at the expense of human lives.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-02-26 00:00:00 John Rivera I was blithly unaware of what was going on on the political stage most of my life till Bush came on board. This book gave me a historical, systematic approach to how we as a country have intertwined politically and militarily in a nefarious tradition that goes back farther than I can trace my "tree." In short we have been/are used to financially support rampant globilization for corporate profit by controlling other countries in very sick ways. Our armies are fighting and dying for corporate America all along. Juhasz has broken down complex concepts and speaks at "my level". She is truly an educator and this book is worthy of any Library.

Review # 3 was written on 2020-05-14 00:00:00 Ian Smith Don't let the title fool you. This has been America's foreign policy for a century. Collecting all the pieces of information I've heard over the years, this exposé of the real reason for the war in Iraq should be called definitive. After the fall of Soviet Union, certain people decided this was the opportunity to rebuild the Roman Empire. The only way to ensure peace on Earth was for America to become so dominant no other nation will dare try to rise up and challenge it. Using outright military force is too obvious in these modern times, so economic submission is the weapon of choice. Part and parcel of this goal are free trade agreements and IMF and World Bank loans. The terms on member states force nations to cut government spending, divert those resources to loan repayment; privatization of public sector services, opening them to foreign investment; allowing foreign companies to come; removing tariffs on foreign goods. All of this combines to destroy local economies and impoverish native peoples. It turns entire nations into serfs working for factories created by multinational corporations. This money does not go back to the local economies, or help the nation in any way. The devastation of the economy under these terms makes the nation dependent on IMF and World Bank loans. Iraq was one such nation the US was trying to get to agree to such terms. US companies wanted in, Hussein would not allow it, so the US tried to overthrow him and replace him with a more US-friendly leader. This failed, so invasion was necessary, but packaged as anti-terrorism. The 2003 invasion of Iraq did not happen in a vacuum. Bush 41 did not remove Hussein from power at the end of the Gulf War for no reason. He thought with this show of force Hussein would be more open to negotiation. All of this was a continuation of international corporate efforts to enter the country for oil profits, among other enterprises. Hussein would not play ball. Corporate America worked its way into the government and took the US to war, all so corporate America could gain access to new markets. It was never about terrorism. Iraq was no threat. It was all about business interests. Corporate America has profited off the war in Iraq, leaving the people decimated. Iraqis are fighting back not because they're terrorists, but because we invaded them. The USA is the aggressor. US companies are taking their oil and giving them nothing in return. US companies are privatizing their public services, making them worse, reaping huge profits and hurting the Iraqi people. The people are fighting back, and we label them "terrorists." The US replaced Hussein with another dictator and rewrote the laws to favor US corporations. It has dismantled the public infrastructure and allowed private corporations to come in and profit from them. It has done this exact same thing in many sub-Saharan African nations: propping up corrupt regimes to keep public utilities in disrepair, or nonexistent, so private firms can move in and fill the gap, all to open new markets to exploit. The US used Iraq as a warning to other nations in the region who refuse to play ball with free trade agreements. The message is clear: do business with the USA, or we will replace you with someone who will. The war on terror has increased terrorism. It has done exactly what its corporate authors intended: huge profits at the expense of human lives.

Review # 4 was written on 2009-02-26 00:00:00 Daniel Rose I was blithly unaware of what was going on on the political stage most of my life till Bush came on board. This book gave me a historical, systematic approach to how we as a country have intertwined politically and militarily in a nefarious tradition that goes back farther than I can trace my "tree." In short we have been/are used to financially support rampant globilization for corporate profit by controlling other countries in very sick ways. Our armies are fighting and dying for corporate America all along. Juhasz has broken down complex concepts and speaks at "my level". She is truly an educator and this book is worthy of any Library.