[Savage Beast]

"Power is its own reward."

Yes. Americas enemies respect one thing and only one thing: Power!

America's got it! America had better keep it!

The greatest threat to the United States, liberty, justice, and world peace is American decadence--"Liberalism", the Left, the Democrat Party.

[Migraine]

The elementary truth that seems to elude the experts again and again--Gulf War, Afghan war, next war--is that power is its own reward. Victory changes everything, psychology above all. The psychology in the region is now one of fear and deep respect for American power.

Yes. Americas enemies respect one thing and only one thing: Power! America's got it! America had better keep it!

Right you are. TE Lawrence assured his readers in his "Pillars of Wisdom" book: the Arab (or Muslim) respects only one thing -- FORCE. Conversely, he said, any appearance of weakness (such as in an overly-eager pacifism) is an invitation for Arab/Muslim aggression, for that posture is intensely DISrespected there.