Failure, abject failure, of the Clinton and Bush Administrations.
I think this is the "it" that possible candidate Fred Thompson is referring to when he says he tours the country and talks to the people and they "know something is not right out there". I think people can sense it. You and I, as Freepers, being stationed and/or otherwise finding ourselves currently in different parts of Asia, but both picking up the same unmistakeable message about our waning power because of policy f-ups, is a cause of great concern. North Korea's actions today only feed that wider impression.
If you have a link to one of these speeches, I'd like to read it.
- "You and I, as Freepers, being stationed and/or otherwise finding ourselves currently in different parts of Asia, but both picking up the same unmistakeable message about our waning power because of policy f-ups, is a cause of great concern. North Korea's actions today only feed that wider impression."
Yeah, difficult to explain the the feeling to Americans back home. Maybe they understand and maybe they don't.
In some respects it is a feeling of profound malaise combined with the feeling that something is dangerously simmering behind the scenes. Im sure that some career FSO's might understand but other than that the State Dep and the rest of the USA are completely in the dark on this one. Knowing that you sense it as well makes me feel that Im not alone on it - something is going to happen FRiend and the day is getting closer - much closer.
What I find even more disturbing is that many Americans back home seem to think that the world hates the USA because of GW Bush, that ain't the case.