[Williams]

First you said China is no where near as strong as us, then you said we have to share the planet with others just as powerful as us. Which is it and who said so? Let's get specific. Communist China is a potential enemy which we have already fought in a major war (Korea), and which is openly preparing to seize a democratic ally of ours by force (Taiwan).

[Kuehn12]

This was an abstract idea, that some time in the future there might be country that equals us in power, and we will have to deal with them as equals. It might be India, and if so we will face country with the same system politically and economically. What do we do then, demonize them, except them as an equal? I bring up the underlying notion that America has to be the dominate power in the world. Can we just be one of many nations or do we have to be the BIG KID ON THE BLOCK?