[gPal]

sounds like this may be a book bush and rumsfeld(field) oughta read...we have accepted the bullchit about our being a super power...much less the one superpower...we believe that because we have a bunch of electronic gadgets(russia may have even more) and more nuke tipped icbms than anyone except probably russia...and we dare not use them...hell, if we ever use even BATTLEFIELD nukes, we could touch off world war III or IV, depending on your perspective...someone please remind me what else makes us the only super power or A superpower...as this article points out we are, in some areas, very vulnerable and things are shaping up to look as if we could be attacked from many directions at the same time...face it...most countries seem to be anti-American...not even neutral...the superpower crap won't be worth a damn if all of our vulnerabilities are exploited by china, n. korea, syria(who may have THE bomb), iran, iraq, et. al. at the same time...even if we survive and "win"(doubtful)...how many millions of lives will our vulnerabilities cost us while "winning"...superpower my arse!...

[FlyVet]

superpower my arse!...

Patience...we'll be bombarded with touchy-feely, candle light vigils, "Why do they hate us?" and other whiny things on next Wednesday. But trust me, if we get hit again, or several more times, the sleeping giant will awaken. There will be all kinds of mindless liberals who will be instant converts. As I heard one pundit say, "On 9/11, the alarm clock went off, but after a few weeks, most of us hit the Snooze button." You can't expect them to see history now, but they will. Americans will, eventually, as they always have, rise to the occasion. (I think)