I am so not worried about this. Socialism is overtaking the EU. This alone will take them down long before they become a threat to anyone. The UN has already proved that they are ineffectual and impotent. Who really cares what they think? I've always argued that the UN has only ever done more harm than good. More wars have been started by UN action than stopped by them. Might was well get all the biggest gangs in town to all meet in the same bar some night... the outcome would be just as predictable as any UN action has ever been. Nothing solved, and many new problems added.
For that reason I think it's vital that we stay well ahead in the arms race, esp. in stuff like space weapons, robotics, and nanotechnology. We didn't even use most of what we've got in that area and we still blitzed Iraq faster than France could say "I surrender"; my mind reels to think of what it would look like if we really flexed our muscles. I suspect the last few Star Wars movies are not far off the mark of where the future of warfare is going.
Quite so. I only know a little about the robotics we're doing over there, and what I know scares the dickens outta me. We're doing some really unbelievably cool things with really cool toys. Maybe not so much with the laser-blaster weapons, but stay tuned... :-)