"I miss the days when someone wanted to mess with us we could just hammer them and get it over with.
I also miss the days when congress wasn't totally worthless (I think that would be the contract with America)!"
Genuine question - (I'm not fishing for a particular response): When was this time you miss? You imply it is within living memory - so I am curious for an American perspective on when the real golden age was?
"I am curious for an American perspective on when the real golden age was?"
August, 1945; two cities somewhere in Japan!