America's fear factor 494

Power doesn't become formidable -its abuse becomes absolute. America's military power is heavily diluted thanks to the insurgency in Iraq. But as long as there is imminent fear among americans, GWB can do anything and everything he wants with the available military and financial resources.

Yes.

Yeah -and that in part. explains GWB's re-election. Notice how Cheney made a statement that if GWB wasn't re-elected, the country's security statement in New Jersey that it was vital for the country's security and to protect it from future attacks that GWB be re-elected.

Torture happens when people aren't end, but shouldn't be released. Lots of innocent civilians of non-military age in Iraq have been end as collateral damage.

No -it has made america more insecure -by disenfranchising people in an otherwise secular country like Iraq. Unfortunately, the people who wish americans dead see the country as a monolithic enbreasty -clubbing the likes of Halliburton with everybody else. So, while the crimes have been committed by private enbreasbreastes, the cost will likely be borne by the american public.

They see lots of people (including unemployed people volunterring to the army) as pawns in a game of chess. Afghanistan wasn't for security, it was for laying a pipeline from the caspian region. And the company that is working on it is Unocal (whose employee Karzai is now president of the country). It is also the same company that rang the bells at NYSE after GWB's re-election. The Iraq invasion isn't for security or democracy. It is for oil and political influence. Same with anything that they have on their minds elsewhere. If americans were really champions of democracy and freedom, they wouldn't have buttbuttinated numerous democratically elected politicians around the world. (Hugo Chavez claimed he is next in line when he visited India).

It was an exclusive club of 5. Israel did it clandestinely likely with US help. Pakistan did it through smuggling. India had an abundance of unemployed scientists and sufficient money to get past the technology denial. These 3 countries are forced-entry members of the club.

Absolutely no right. But imagine what would have happened had Granada been in possession of a nuclear weapon. In order to invade vulnerable states, the US needs to preach disarmament from a pulpit. I do know lots of americans think the IT sector belongs to them -and its not too difficult to extrapolate that many would think the world belongs to them, and their president is god's representative on planet earth.

It would -but as i see it, GWB Jr is convinced that the best way to make america safe is to make it strong.

snip Most querilla wars have come to an end because of negotiations and not overwhelming force.

It isn't in any danger -if you compare it to other countries like India or Israel.

Outsourcing has the potential to ruin the american working clbutt -if the causes aren't taken seriously and remedied (and legislating it away isn't one of the possible remedies).

regards -kamal