Oh boy, did it ever lose Vietnam. Not only that, it also lost Korea: when you're that powerful, a draw is a loss.
If it had not lost Vietname (both ideologically and materially) how do you explain the fact that "warfare" was restricted to covert, terrorist operations against pitifully weak targets from then on?
>Of course, the empire management may not always do the smart thing.
>But I'm skeptical of such arguments. They have, after all, run the
>most successful empire the world has ever known for over 50 years. It
>will end someday, and maybe Bush's unilateralism and overreach will
>be its undoing, or at least do it some damage. But I think the
>presumption should be that the people who sometimes look like wackos
>really know what they're doing.
50 whole years!!! Oh wow!!! I'm so impressed!!! I mean we're just so HUGE and POWERFUL!!!
Ugh. Don't mean to overreact. I think they're fools! The fact that the U.S. can exact so much destruction and suffering does not speak to their power, but just the opposite.
Joanna B