USA National Security Strategy

In an address supporting the nation state, President Bush announces;

The National Security Strategy of the United States of America

The introduction promotes "freedom" and "human rights" as worthy goals towards democratic ideals, and promises to "defend the peace by fighting terrorists and tyrants."

Notable exceptions from the plan are Trans National Companies (TNC`s). A democracy has shareholders by default through compulsory sovereignty of course, while a TNC can have a shareholder of one and be self satisfying in its outlook and objectives. The ability of a TNC to cross national boundaries, move significant resources worldwide, and deal in any commodity it so chooses from weapons to weedkiller deems it a potential threat to the state too. e.g Oil Pipeline Consortium Threatens Turkey

A Public Limited Company (PLC) can prove to be an asset to the community it serves or indeed a threat The capacity of a "transparent" public limited company and their ability to undermine and rule across national boundaries, with unlimited resources is an area unfettered by the National Security Strategy. It is this weakness which threatens further global peace along with "illegal terrorism" in the post National Security Strategy years.

Copyright S Coleman 2002 21 September 2002

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