if we act strongly now.
Do you have anything specific in mind?
The true free market must operate on the same fundmental moral principles as our free Republic...otherwise it is a sham and will lead to much worse conditions IMHO.
As we do that, we should have bilateral talks with N. Korea, Iran, and Syria and inform them that they either immediately stop supporting terroist enemies of ours and end their nuclear weapons programs...and do so in a verifiable way to our satisfaction, or we will completely destroy those programs and wholly decapitate their C&C (Command and Control) ...meaning their leadership.
We tell the UN, China, and anyone who raises their voices against it to go pound sand, and that if they abett and support our enemies, there will be plenty to go around for them too...and then we mobilize this nation for war against these animals just like it is the generational conflict that Bush has (rightly) called it. You cannot face such a conflict...and then expect to go about life at home as if it does not exist. Our fathers couldn't do that (and they recognized it and sacrificed and prepared accordingly) and neither can we.
IMHO, sooner or later, that's what it is going to come to and the sooner we stand up and recognize it as a people the better.