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I think that all that people believe that its fundamentally unhealthy when US is the sole superpower in the world and would wish to have this power balanced out by whatever means. I think they are generalizing too much. It does make a difference WHO is that sole superpower. If it was China or USSR, I'd be scared sh**less no less than they are now. But at this day and time I think its much better for the world when we are on the top and all possible rivals are not.

You have a point that at least some of those people might indeed want US to lose, its just I don't think they really want al-Qaida to win. How is it possible to do the first without the second - I have no idea, But being logically inconsistent is very typical for the Leftist ideology.

Regardless of all that, I think another Hanson's point is much more important: we have much more in common between all of us with all other disagreements than with "Muslim conservatives" from Saudi Arabia.

Well, I also disagree with that last point of VDH's. What I believe in - and most Freepers - is no gun control by the Feds, Freedom of Speech (no hate speech laws), a smaller government taking care of the basic's (law enforcement, road works, fire departments, defense of the country, securing the borders). That is just a few. A lib professor at Harvard would disagree with me on all these points and yet - when the rubber hits the road or the sword the neck - the lib will scream for the rough man to protect him or her.