[Billy_bob_bob]

Amazing. Awe inspiring. Truly impressive. Really something.

Now, can we take a tiny little part of that military might and use it to secure our southern border? Please?

[Jedi Master Yoda]

Does this mean that we are now a hyperpower?

[Southack]

FYI

[AmericaUnited]

The American military is now the strongest the world has ever known

Wow, can you imagine what it would be like if Clinton had not spent 8 years trying to gut it.

[wimpycat]

Which means: the global arms race is over, with the United States the undisputed heavyweight champion.

I am the greatest! I am the greatest!

So do we get one of those great big belts?

[Joe Boucher]

I'm sure you will think I'm being trite, but they thought the same thing of Grngis Kahn, Rome, and Alexander the Great as well as a few others.
Don let out technilogical advantages fool you into complacency.
You never know when or what some maniac like say Castro might come up with. He has one of the best and biggest bio programs in the world.

[Lucas McCain]

All the hate-America types around the world (including those in the United States) ought to stop their rantings long enough to thank their lucky stars that it is America, and not some evil regime such as the Soviet Union, that wields this awesome dominence of power.

[AmericaUnited]

Since the NYSlimes printed this, I think we might be getting setup, as in "We're so far ahead of everyone else that we can cut the defense budget by 50% (spending the money on social programs of course) and still be "ok".

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

North Korea now stares into the barrel of the strongest military ever assembled, and yet may be able to defy the United States, owing to nuclear deterrence. As the global arms race ends with the United States so far ahead no other nation even tries to be America's rival, the result may be a world in which Washington has historically unparalleled power, but often cannot use it.

Asymmetry can be a serious constraint . . . but the weakness of asymmetry is its all-or-nothing nature. Israel calls it "the Sampson option" . . .

[jim_trent]

I am glad to see that at least SOME of my taxes are being spent well.

[konaice]

"all other nations have conceded the seas to the United States, a reason American forces can sail anywhere without interference.."

I thing the writer overstates the case somewhat.

The only naval vessel I can recal being attacked at Sea since the Falklands war have been American Navy ships. Nobody attacks the Mexican Navy or the Norweigen Navy.

[The_Media_never_lie]

For years to come, no other nation is likely even to try to rival American might.

Despite what the liberals say, let's keep it that way.

[Savage Beast]

The two greatest threats to the United States--and consequently the world--are hubris and decadence.

"Liberalism" is the prevalent form of decadence.

Oh--and in a leader, character is of utmost importance.

[Renfield]

It is worth noting here that American aircraft carriers are not the CAUSE of American military might; rather, they are the RESULT of same. An aircraft carrier could be easily defeated by a supersonic missile with a low-yield nuclear warhead (e.g., Russian A.S. 15, etc); the reason that other nations have not used such missiles against our carriers is that they know that to do so, would invite an American nuclear response. Our carriers are, in a sense, a luxury, an artifact of our nuclear superiority.

[Tacis]

Well, maybe not. The Chinese didn't pay Clinton all that money to buy American technology just to give up the challange.

I, too, was looking for the hook, whatever it was that the Times was setting us up for. It may be a major cut in military spending so we can afford to buy all the minority kids in the country whatever the Times determines they should have to become useful members of society. But, I don't think its the military budget.

I think it is StarWars. The Times, the dems, and all America-haters know that, once we have a missle shield, we are truly the super power. They don't want this to happen and I believe we have heard the first of the drumbeat that says, "We are so far ahead, that we don't need an expensive new toy." Mark this article. It will be cited as we move toward the election. Bush will want StarWars and Tommie the Commie will whine that even the Times says we don't need it.

[blam]

Excellent

"the United States is working on unmanned, remote-piloted drone fighter planes that will be both relatively low-cost and extremely hard to shoot down, and small drone attack helicopters that will precede troops into battle."

These are the next generation of "Brilliant" weapons. Flip the 'go' switch and they will seek out and destroy targets by themselves.

[PGalt]

Foreign enemies take notice. Now...about them domestic enemies...

[Servant of the Nine]

Most of the World figured this out in 1991.
It has take Iraq, North Korea and the wizards of the NY Times a dozen years longer.

Amazing.

So9

[LibKill]

We could conquer the world if we wanted to, but we don't want to.

[Tribune7]

It's the New York Times. They merely wish us to become complacent. We must not. We must continue to build. We must use genetics to develop a radioactive fire-breathing Godzilla monster to terrorize our adversaries.

But even that's not enough.

We must clone Justin Timberlake and create an army of giant, mutant Justin Timberlakes to strike fear into our enemies and make them understand there is no hope. When they see the giant mutant Timberlakes rising from the sea dancing onto their beaches, impervious to shell, impervious to shot, impervious to flame, they will know there is no hope.

We must not sleep.