On 9/10/2010 4:55 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
> [WS:] I think you got all backwards. In 1945, the number of countries
> whose ass the US could kick was well over a hundred. Now it is approaching
> zero. It cannot even kick much ass in its own backyard aka Latin America.
> Although there is a number of countries that still cry uncle, the UK, Japan
> and a bunch of EU members being the prime example - they do it because they
> chose so, mainly for their own selfish reasons, not because they feel
> threatened to comply.
I think you've got it backwards. A world where countries constantly "cry uncle" not because they feel threatened but "for their own selfish reasons" - that's exactly what the US was aiming for back in 1945. That's called success.
SA