the entire article is tough to argue with
Tough to argue with any of it.
I have hope because so many millions of people have taken up cause with one another, forming a group now refered to as the Tea Party.
We have SO MUCH work to do to restore this Nation. But it has to be done.
One step at a time.
We just HAVE to keep taking the next step, and NOT faltering or wavering.
We can do it! We ARE SPARTA!
This needs to be repeated so we all understand: the US is an empire in decline.
Most of the points the author makes are indeed attributes of an empire in decline; the question is whether they are causes or effects.
Bruce Fein, who was a deputy attorney general in Ronald Reagan's Justice Department, believes they are effects: that the collapse of social institutions is a byproduct of America's being policeman of the world with all the costs that job entails.
Of course, there are still those who insist the U.S. is not an empire since we don't occupy foreign countries.
No, instead we send them billions in aid, with expectations that these nations will do our bidding.
Once the aid stops--either by voting it down in Congress or by the dollar turning to dross--how many countries will Americans count on when the chips are down? Three? Four?
its time to call a spade a spade....