new american empire death throws

[Guest American Woman]

I feel pity for American citizens, not envy.

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[kuzadd]

You know why I stated the quoted statement. How can you say it demonizes you?

It simply says that I do understand how you feel about these books (them being your special interest)...comparing to how I feel about mine. And I didn't say that you read ONLY those kinds of books....knowing that I, myself, do not limit my interest on this game alone.

How hard is that to understand?

I explained about it....in reply to your enumerations of all these books you've discovered and read.

I know you love me darlin'

[JB Globe]

The world can pull its collective head out of a sanctimonious hole and clean up other problems before worrying about the United States.

Why do you feel the United States can reap all of the benefits that come from being the world's only current superpower - but ignore all of the responsibilities that come with that status?

And what do you think the effects are currently of this attitude and what it will mean for America in the future?

[bush_cheney2004]

Why do you feel the United States can reap all of the benefits that come from being the world's only current superpower - but ignore all of the responsibilities that come with that status?

Because it goes with the job description. The Americans have hocked themselves into debt for "responsibilities" going back to WW2, and they should get something for their money and lives. The FSU expected the same after investing in the Eastern Bloc, Cuba, Egypt, etc., but they lost the game. To the victor goes the spoils; even lesser nation states eschew "responsiblities" for self interest....just ask the Rwandans.

And what do you think the effects are currently of this attitude and what it will mean for America in the future?

America is the same as it ever was, so I expect equal measure of success and failure. For better or for worse, it has succeeded beyond any rebelling colonist's dreams. America does not exist in a vacuum....the world and it's collective stewardship (or lack thereof), has been fertile ground for the emergence of a lone superpower. Indeed, "Americans" (like Canadians), come from all over the world.