Syria isn’t
the only battle into which President Obama is injecting himself where he
doesn’t belong. True, on a global scale, Arizona’s fight over net metering seems insignificant.
However, on a personal scale, what is taking place in Arizona’s sunny desert
has the potential to directly impact far more Americans than the shots being
fired in Syria’s desert.
Syria’s
conflict is often called a proxy war in that it is an indirect confrontation
between superpowers via substitute actors. According to the definition of a
proxy war found on the Intro to global security blog, “Modern
non-state actors do not necessarily want to take over territory or a
government; most use the expanding global communication network to levy
resources (human or otherwise) and generate wealth and political/ideological
power.” By that definition, Arizona’s net metering debate is Obama’s proxy war
in the desert.
To understand
Obama’s proxy war in the desert, you have to understand the intentionally
confusing term: net metering…..To Read More…..
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