[MNJohnnie]

Our foreign and defense policies have to take a back seat to fundamental economic restructuring because it is our wealth that enables us to implement our policies

Total idiocy.

US GDP $13,843,825,000,000

Russian GDP $1,289,582,000,000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

If anyone should be taking a page out of anyone;s book, Russia should be copying us.

[BroJoeK]

"If anyone should be taking a page out of anyone;s book, Russia should be copying us."

Good point, but your link didn't work for me.

Try this one instead:

World GDP Rankings