It is to do with Power. US has the power thru technology & trade. Will protect it in ways that are stunning the opposition. Power today is still very much control of oil resources (well cheap access to oil reserves). Reason China is a potential threat is it might want oil that the US wants & US *won't* let that happen.
US & allies had to struggle hard during post war era, against opposing ideologys & threats but by the 70s the battle was being won.
I see PAX America ans an era, nothing to do with peace other than as long as US dominates it will be Peace on US terms (else take the consequences).
In PAX AMERICANA - the evil ones are those that are labelled evil ones. The freedom lovers & freedom fighters are the ones labelled as such.
Reagan got away with calling the murderous swine known as 'Contras' as freedom fighters cos PAX AMERICANA decreed them to be such.
It is worth taking a look at what happens to *any* independant Arab leader who becomes popular in all or part or parts the Arab world - they get emasculated & labelled as evil by us (grin) - we pull their teeth & cut off their balls & if that isn't enough we line up for another go (Hussain).
Nasser of Egypt
Kaddafi of Libia
Kohmeni of Iran
Hussain of Iraq
Omar of Afghanistan
Bin Laden of ?????? (well maybe he is the best fit for a dick-head evil leader)
Why do we squash popular Arab leaders, cos the bastards might sieze control of 'our' oil. So we divide & conquer (& snip their leaders down to size)
& because I'm on our side - I support it - just like Ollie North did (grin). I have no illusions about 'new world order' (Bush Snr's name for PAX Americana) or 'war against evil' or 'fight against terrorism'. But who ever instigated the Sept 11 attack was deeply evil no matter what provocation they justify it with. Interestingly the effect of it is to cement US position as the dominant world superpower & never to be trifled with (& good thing too).
Doug Marker