[mewzilla]

Never ceases to amaze me how people we could care less about always seem to think we want what they don't even have to start with. Rule the world? Why would we want it?

[Restorer]

What we really want is for the world not to cause us problems.

But, as the author notes, this often requires us to be the final authority. Or things just get worse untile they represent a genuine threat.

The author also doesn't seem to recognize that a true technological leap may invalidate all assumptions. Although such a leap is unlikely to come from our real opponents such as Islamic militants.

[driftless]

We don't, and these leftist-leaning "experts" know it. It's just a reflexive anti-American stance they always take. They usually argue from a false basis ("France and Russia didn't want to prop up Hussein") which makes their ultimate conclusion invalid. They've never gotten over the fall of the Soviet Union as a "counterbalance". No country that respects the rule of law is in danger from us. We do however want and have to destroy our enemies, and we finally have a president who understands that.

[TheBigB]

Beats me. I can only imagine a buncha smelly, monkey-lookin' French guys runnin' around the Chomps Eleezay with their thong panties in a bunch screaming, "The US wants to take over France!" Hey, if I want anything to do with stinky, snail-eating cowards, I'll go down to the next meeting of the Vanderbilt faculty.