[meenie]

A move by the United States to look out for its interests instead of kow-towing to group interests as the UN represents is welcome. There seems to be a tendency for the US to stick its nose into too many foreign controversies, though. We cannot solve all the world's problems nor should we be trying to. Our financial resources cannot sustain the rate of intervention we have seen in the last couple of decades.

In order to sustain a strong defense capability, we cannot fritter our resources away like we have in the Balkans, Haiti, etc. We won the cold war by forcing the Russian Bear to overextend themselves. We now face the possibility of doing the same to ourselves. We cannot ignore the huge trade and government deficits we now see. Our military, due to high tech, has to have a strong financial base to support it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See this :

American Power Moves Beyond the Mere Super

I think the NY Times has an agenda!