While I don't believe in any of the thing's you listed, I do believe we are able to perceive only a small percentage of what is going on around us, and we have a very limited understanding of those things we are able to perceive.
I'm not sure most people understand, from a money is power veiwpoint, just how powerfull the U.S. is. I did a little checking, and was honestly suprised by what I found.
The following numbers are the result of very limited internet research. I make no claim to their accuracy, but I found them interesting...
The U.S. Gross National Product is more than double that of any other country.
Per capita our G.N.P is 25 percent higher than any other country.
U.S. military expenditures account for over 40 percent of the military spending on the planet.
Those expenditures are greater than the Gross National Product of all but less the 15 countries in the world.
So...
For those that point fingers and say "My country would never do that". In many cases your country CAN'T do that. There is a difference.
For those of us who may have a direct input to the stewardship of such power, I say "We have a heavy responsibility, lets do our best to mind it".
*disclaimer* To some this may have sounded boastfull. So I want to be clear... I don't see power as intrinsically good or bad, but this level of concentration of power does make me somewhat uncomfortable.
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RE: RISK: A game of world domination played by 2 men who can't control their own lives!
That would make a great skit,dress Kramer and Newman up like Bush and Cheney,
and give Newman a shotgun...