[urbanpovertylawcenter]

We are as broke and ineffectual as the South just after the surrender at that farm house in Virginia. The Saudis should be very afraid. The sequester! Remember?

[Netz]

We are not at Appomattox, 1865. We are in the poor house, pretending to be the Superpower we were. This is a case where a superpower CHOOSES to weaken itself on all fronts. It's not like a war was imposed on us, we made these clear choices in 2008 and 2012. The Saudis, Israelis, Kuwaitis, Jordanians, Lebanese, Egyptians, Iraqis, Afghanis and host of other allies have had the rug pulled out from under them by Harry Houdini Obama.