Dear Editor, The recent conflict between Russia and Georgia exposes how truly desperate our position in the world has become. The dreams of global domination, advocated at the end of the twentieth century by the Project for a New American Century and other neoconservative think tanks, have manifested themselves as the nightmares of today. Our dependence on oil has only been exacerbated by the policies of the current administration, as has the severity of our vast national debt. Thus we borrow money from rivals such as Russia and China and build pipelines through foreign lands such as Georgia to feed our addiction. Our army is exhausted and preoccupied in an unwise, unjustified, and unnecessary war. We have no moral, financial, or military leverage to bring to bare when an international crisis arises. In the meantime, policy makers have intentionally censored the results of the majority of the scientific community, postponing our eventual confrontation with the potentially greater pending disaster of climate change. Chest pounding and empty, ill-defined notions of "leadership" will not elevate us out of the pit in which we find ourselves. Only true intelligence, problem solving skills, and the willingness to cooperate with our neighbors abroad can address this situation. Thus I humbly submit that the times require an intellectual in the White House. Rambo should sit this one out. Sincerely, Paul Bailey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Southern Arkansas University
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