CJ 513 4 FINAL EXAM

US Manipulation of the War on Terror

Globalization engenders a new world . Some of its characteristics are privatization , financial transparency , liberalized trade , and independency of the banking sector . These are the most favored themes in the process of globalization . These sectors are dependent on the individual culture and tradition of every nation and no commonality has been discerned in these areas , till now . Therefore , they are not culture - neutral , and changes to the existing systems in these sectors would influence the traditional culture of the nations involved . There is no exception

in respect of Islam , whose traditional practices would be drastically changed by the tenets of globalization . The principles of globalization would definitely destabilize the status and authority of several leaders , like the village elders , shamans , tribal sheikhs princes and potentates . At present , the intellectual elite act as the curators of tradition , heritage and culture their status is also undermined by globalization (Zoakos , 2006

The United States waged war against Iraq , ostensibly to establish democracy and end Saddam Hussein 's tyrannical regime . However , several scholars and academicians have contended that the US waged war , merely to protect its trade interests in the region . With this war , the US has commenced to invade other sovereign nations , in the name of democracy and antiterrorism . In this manner , the US aims to dominate the globalization process throughout the world . According to

.M . Barnett the US initiated the first step in uniting all the nations of the world It wanted them...