[Buckeroo]

Really? No other nation has been at war, large or small than the USA since Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909. America has created the current trend of global dominence ... we are everywhere.

And you say the USSR and Europe want to jump in? They are afraid of us and for good reason too. America just established a new "benchmark" for herself ... it is called "pre-emptive" war.

[Tailgunner Joe]

I hope they are afraid of us. They should be.

[Ranger]

The failure of deterrence against terrorism or those states that use such surrogate forces created the need for pre-emption.

Pre-emption is also a tempting and dangerous basis for foreign policy, especially when this policy run by the Pentagon.

While many fear the U.S. and the thought of pre-emption, it is worth noting that the EU countries are not re-arming in the face of overwhelming US military strength. If they truely felt threatened then the EU, Canada, Japan and so, on would be gutting their welfare programs and putting more into military preparedness. They are not. This tells us something too. They may hate us, but I think they may hate their own weakness as well, but are too selfish or petty to do anything substantive about it.

[cardinal4]

America just established a new "benchmark" for herself ... it is called "pre-emptive" war.

Yep. Its part of the Bush doctrine. Instead of offering to build Nuclear plants with taxpayer money to rogue states, its cheaper to eliminate the rogue element. Safer, too.

[LibKill]

They are afraid of us and for good reason too.>

This is as it should be. They wouldn't know the meaning of respect if it jumped up and bit them in the @ss.

So let them fear us. It's the next best thing.