On a global scale like this -- you can't just have 1 powerful person (ie: Bush) running the whole show -- because power comes from being resourceful... If you really think the most powerful, wealthy, and resourceful people in the world give a fuck about the stars and stripes and bullshit slogans and songs -- you're out of your fucking mind... They are concerned with running the world so it doesn't fucking fall to pieces -- so they can continue to run the world from behind the scenes decades from now, generation to generation.
Probably the same reason you have mafia -- what can you really do about it? There's always going to be somebody smarter and more greedy than the next guy -- the more you have -- the more you have to protect... and the higher stakes just get more dangerous until you get to the top where the Bush family is -- where you are negotiating plans that involve oceans of human blood... Do you really think the world runs itself on its own like a "game of life" AI simulation?
But what is the alternative?
Utopia?
Who can solve the ultimate problem of mankind...