Yes We Can? New UK Report Says: No You Can’t

For many Americans there has always been a narcissistic sense of entitlement in terms of global power but according to a fairly recent UK report conducted by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, the United States could start retreating from the world stage without support from its allies abroad.

According to the study researches have concluded that President Barack Obama will have to turn to others for help dealing with the world’s problems due to the fact that he has no other alternative.

“Domestically Obama may have campaigned on the theme ‘yes we can’; internationally he may increasingly have to argue ‘no we can’t',” the institute said in its annual review of world affairs.

The report said the U.S. struggles against insurgent groups in Iraq and Afghanistan had exposed the limits of the country’s military muscle, while the near-collapse of the world financial markets sapped the economic base on which that muscle relied.

The report also claimed that the U.S. had lost traction in its efforts to contain Iran’s nuclear program and bring peace to the Middle East.

“Clearly the U.S. share of ‘global power,’ however measured, is in decline,” the report said.

The United States has become a cultural breeding ground for nationwide insolence – bold and brazen Americans glorifying nationalism and displaying several qualities of a behavioral disorder which coincides with malignant narcissism:

Factor1: “Aggressive narcissism”

• Glibness/superficial charm
• Grandiose sense of self-worth
• Pathological lying
• Cunning/manipulative
• Lack of remorse or guilt
• Shallow affect
• Callous/lack of empathy
• Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
• Promiscuous sexual behavior

Factor2: “Socially deviant lifestyle”

• Parasitic lifestyle
• Poor behavioral control
• Lack of realistic, long-term goals
• Impulsivity
• Irresponsibility
• Juvenile delinquency
• Early behavior problems
• Many short-term marital relationships
• Revocation of conditional release

Though the tab in relation to ’short-term marital relationship’ may seem a bit off par in terms of this comparison one should note political relationships marred by nationalistic pride including one during the start of the occupation of Iraq wherein upon hearing France’s defiance many Americans decided it was most appropriate to rename “French” Fries – dubbing the greasy staples, “Freedom” Fries.

The United States is carrying heavy baggage from the previous administration; failed international policies,political war-time train wrecks and detracted relationships between its allies – some of whom refused to allow the United States to garner all the bureaucratic spotlight.

The term “superiority complex”,according to Alfred Adler,”refers to an overly high opinion of oneself; in psychology, it refers to the unrealistic and exaggerated belief that one is better than others. In some people, this develops as a way to compensate for unconscious feelings of low self-esteem or inadequacy.”
This neurosis,along with the United States’ aggressive narcissism, has caused a number of failed wars (i.e Iraq,Afghanistan,Pakistan,Somalia etc…), a declining economy,nuclear proliferation (e.g Israel) and a vernacular sensation which imposes U.S. policy on a majority of the globe.

Interdependence is the only logical way for the United States to move forward,because as of now our bold sense of pride is not only killing us but others we come into contact with who refuse to pay homage to our nation and the destruction we leave behind.

“Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with society he cannot realize his oneness with the universe or suppress his egotism. His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself on the touchstone of reality.”-Mahatma Gandhi