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I first worked in the Middle East in the late 1960's. When it was discovered that I was an American I was cheered and respected for the accident of birth that made me one of the saviors of the world. That respect started to chill toward the mid 1970's as the world learned that America sometimes deserted their allies and forgot their commitments.

We had a resurgence when we put a man on the moon and regressed when Carter screwed the pooch in Iran.(I was in Africa during those years.)

The common denominator was that our power and technical knowledge which was respected was abandoned for weakness from within. We abandoned our allies in Viet Nam and forfeited a war that was already won. We allowed terrorist to hold our citizens hostage in Iran and bungled the only ill planned attempt at rescue. Bases airplanes and embassies were blown up and ships were bombed. We did nothing.

American politicians and the left have caused unrepairable harm to America's standing in a world that only respects the power full. Winners are revered...losers are hounded.

We have made our bed. I don't have to travel overseas anymore. I just hope we wake up when it is imported to our heartland.