[HangThemHigh]

Is America too powerful?
Yes. And I'm too rich and my wife is too good looking.

[abclily]

The United States of America is a blessing to the world.

[gcruse]

 the reigning global hyperpower

This irritates me.  The French came up
with this hyperpower nonsense a few months
ago.  There is no need for such a term, as
the power level known as super continues
to exist, and is occupied by the US.  A
global hyperpower would not put up with
Cuba, North Korea, nor Communist China.
Jingoistic rhetoric aside, there is no hyperpower.

[JoeSixPack1]

Hey Sunder Katwala,

Are you scared little boy? Did the mean old USA ROCK YOUR WORLD??

Good,
think of it as a learning experience.

[Texas Eagle]

Is America too powerful for its own good? The Observer (U.K.) | 02/10/2002 | Sunder Katwala

Wa-a-a-a-ait a minute......is "Sunder Katwala" British for "Madeliene Albright"?

[Pistias]

the hegemon across the Atlantic

Listen here, Cox--if this "hegemon" wasn't busting @$$ across the globe, you'd have some REAL hegemony coming at you...

[Shermy]

Barely one of these people address Al Qaeda and Imperial Islamist Fundamentalism. This shows how utterly incompetent the Lefties of this bunch are. They can't open their eyes.

I note that some Brits will use this to lobby for speeding up "Europeanization". Big mistake. Hey, why shouldn't mother England "join" us somehow?

Anyway, it's true we can't go absolutely alone. Therefore I suggest a full embrace of Russia, kicked off with massive joint naval exercises off the west coast of France. Now THAT will realize their complaints.

[McGavin999]

Let's see now. We go to war with a country that is harboring and training thousands of guys just like the ones who flew into the WTC, then, we build the country up, help it to form a democratic government, give it billions in order to rebuild what was broke long before we got there, and these people are complaining?

We asked for the help of the euroweenies, they said no and now they're all in a twist because we're acting on our own.

These people are really, really confused.

[LasVegasMac]

To the Observer - and anyone else:

We be:

- bad

- having the military edge

- having the economic edge

- having the lifestyle edge

- having, ummm.....you name it we got it.

SUCKS TO BE YOU!!!!

Proud to be an American.

Bring it on.

LVM

[SnuffaBolshevik]

I say-England for our 51st state. Hip Hip, Jolly good.

[lawdude]

"Is America too powerful for its own good?"

We are certainly too powerful for the good of terrorists....and any other SOB that wants to try our souls!

[The Great Satan]

Unfortunately, we are far from all-powerful: that is an illusion which it is not yet convenient for any side to give up. Anthrax -- and suicide bombers -- changes everything. What the dimbulbs haven't figured out is that that combination is every bit as much of an effective deterrent as a raft of nuclear-tipped ICBMs. All will become clear, eventually. Until then, enjoy the illusion of security while it lasts.

[okie01]

Is America too powerful for its own good?

No.

[TheGrimReaper]

Is America too powerful for its own good?

This sounds like a brain-dead Madeline Albright question.

[Slipjack]

Rather we be strong and Hated than Weak Knead and Bullied by the Euro, Arab, and Asian Trash that wants us to fall in behind them and heal to their need and satisfactions.

[Lion's Cub]

From the sound of the applause and cheers for Bush & the US at the Olympics the other night, I suspect these Marxist writers are talking to the wind. The left elitist media (who prefer to be called progressives instead of Marxists) keep trying to instigate this hatred. Fortunately, every once in a while, we get a brief glimpse of the truth. I saw it at the opening ceremonies the other night.

[arm958]

The Euro-Wimps are just jealous.

[mikeIII]

For terrorism is itself a perverse expression of interdependence and the new limits on sovereignty, a tribute to the same extra-national networking forces that drive market globalization.... only if the weakest and poorest are allowed to flourish along side of them".

It's the message we've been hearing lately - terrorism has roots in poverty. That's a perverse point of view!