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Caesar Herod Nexus

Ahmad Imran

While Neo-Colonialism is not inherently incorrect in assessing the Post WWII

relations between France, US and their former colonies. Neo-Colonialism has been

tainted due to its over use by the leftists like Marxists, socialists and democratic socialists

and thus both Dependency Theory (1) and Neo-Colonialism (2) must be re-visited only

because the world is increasingly affected by Neo-Liberal and Neo-Conservative runUnited States in the absence of any other global power making it the only super power in

a Unipolar world. Thus the an explanation of what is the nature of the relationship that

explains developed and the developing world must be revised towards a more right

leaning paradigm to accommodate a global and US shift towards the right of center

politics.

In essence the United States has become the Persian Empire of the Classical

times, however, the two differ greatly in their styles of governance. .The relations being

exercised between US and the Developing World specially the Broader Middle East can

only be explained by what we will call the "Caesar-Herod Nexus".

Assumptions:

We know how democracy evolved in Greece and the concept of people's rule

became popular in its simplistic notions. We also know the Jews in the Levant lived

under Kings bolstered by councils. The evolutionary aspects of those Greek notions

culminated into Rome with elaborate populists elections and a Senate which was

ultimately Caesar centric model of governance where the Senators feared the ruler. The

assassins of Julius Caesar were the last of the libertarians and the system decayed intostrong Caesar centric despotism. We will call these leaders "democratic despots". Not

only Rome, not remain a republic but became an empire. Greece adopted democracy and

immediately went into a wave of murder and mayhem in its neighborhood to become

dominant since democracy is inherently a weak governance, which is abundantly seen in

the weakening of the state in contemporary developing nations, and thus seeks

dominance abroad and at home.

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The central idea is that in both, notions of the Levantine Jewish and Greko-

Roman example, there were noble principles of governance in place but Rome and its

occupation of the Levant under the Herod and his descendants were aberrations of the

norms of their respective notions of governance.

The leaders of the corrupted Roman republic in their imperial overreach were incollusion with corrupt Herodian kings and the relationship continued until the cessation

of the local rule when Rome took full control. Thus, Herod and his ilk were local

indigenous governors of foreign rule and interests when it was clear that direct rule would

be resisted. The relations between Rome and Levant was biased in favor of Rome in all

aspects : political, economic and cultural.

One can see Pax Americana reaching Tripoli, and the surrounds of Islamabad

directly and indirectly. The US has been demanding American boots on the grounds

complete access and immunity on Pakistani soil.

The generals whether Kayani or Tantawi, military rulers like Zia ul Haq, secular

or religious, Mubaraks, or Musharrafs, or Islamists whether Moroccan, Tunisian, or

Turkish, all further the interests of a pseudo-Republic that has more than 500 military

bases spread across the globe and more smaller bases called "lilipads" are under

construction.

This collusion of local military, kings, religious or secular ruling elites with an

over stretched pseudo-republic with a "highly leveraged foreign policy visa-a-vis the

Broader Middle East" in context of an aberrant Zionist centric "Passionate Attachment" is

what we will call the " Caesar-Herod Nexus" !

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2) http://marriottschool.net/emp/WPW/pdf/class/Class_6-

The_Dependency_Perspective.pdf

3) http://thepassionateattachment.com/2011/01/10/george-ball-interview-2/

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