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(2,169 posts)This ONE article, written in 1999, sums it up perfectly.
If there is only ONE article that should be mandatory for everyone it's this
Backing up Globalization with Military Might
New World Order Onslaught
by Karen Talbot
Covert Action Quarterly, Issue 68, Fall 1999
McDonald's Needs McDonnell Douglas to Flourish
An article by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times entitled "What the World Needs Now" tells it all. Illustrated by an American Flag on a fist it said, among other things: "For globalism to work, America can't be afraid to act like the almighty superpower that it is....The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist-McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps...snip
http://www.globalissues.org/article/448/backing-up-globalization-with-military-might
Oh LOOKIE HERE
There's a Cinnabon in Tripoli! Quelle Suprise
If you read this article carefully, "Backing Up Globalization with Military Might" makes EVEN MORE SENSE
Cinnabon in Tripoli as Libya Opens Up to Foreign Business
Bloomberg Business
After 42 years, the country formerly known as the Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is getting its first taste of consumer capitalism in an unlikely form: sweet, sticky cinnamon rolls. Cinnabon, the Atlanta-based bakery chain, is at the vanguard of a potential business boom in the North African country, which deposed dictator Muammar Qaddafi last year in a bloody civil war. In July the unit of Focus Brands became the first U.S. franchise to open since the revolution, with a two-level Tripoli outlet. Its become a popular destination in a city with few diversions for residents...snip
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-13/cinnabon-in-tripoli-as-libya-opens-up-to-foreign-business
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