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We sing the same song. Modern Empires are net drains on the home country of the empire and eventually drain it dry. The Soviet Empire didn't last nearly as long as they would have if their economy wasn't a crazy utopian pipe dream. We can play numbers games for a least a few decades and use our "superpower" status to forestall the inevitable but eventually all debts are called in.

But the immediate question is who is to run this country for the next four years?: Dean or Bush? Will the election of Dean have any significant impact on our foreign policy? Not one bit! And if history is any indicator- Democrats always seem to expand such little wars as we have now and make them even worse.

Vote Bush- hope he purges the neocons among his advisors- and hope he appoints sound jurists to the bench. A lot to hope for yes. But there is no hope if Dean is elected.

hope he appoints sound jurists to the bench. A lot to hope for yes. But there is no hope if Dean is elected.

Exactly. I'm willing to give the GOP one last shot (by voting Bush in '04). But if the Prez wins and doesn't appoint conservative jurists and otherwise governs like a conservative, especially if the GOP expands its power in Congress on his coat-tails, then I'll finally throw in the towell. What we've hoped for all these years is finally here -- a Republican President with a Republican majority in Congress. If things don't turn around given that set of circumstances, they never will.