[LibWhacker]

One consequence is that it will cause people to become more serious about control

The only serious control is to return the looney islamic world to the Dark Ages: No modern convieniences, no electricity, no industry, no roads, no cars, no trucks, no planes, no guns, no modern tools, no running water, no schools, no books, except the Quran. Return them to their nomadic roots: Camels, frankinsense, and the oasis. Same with the Chinese if they decide to get froggy with us. And with Europe. And anyone else who wants to challenge American supremacy. We WILL get to the stars and realize mankind's destiny, whether the rest of the world wants to do it or not.

[aristeides]

No, the only serious control is a return to a version of imperialism. We -- and whatever other powers there may be that we trust and are willing to take part in the enterprise -- are going to have to establish sufficient control over the countries that we do not trust to ensure that they cannot develop nuclear arsenals. Call it imperialism light. The alternative is an unacceptably great risk to our own lives.

[palmer]

Same with the Chinese

What if they have launch on warning? Or if they don't, do you want them to?

[blackbart.223]

"The only serious control is to return the looney islamic world to the Dark Ages."

How can you return someone to where they already exist?

[Jordi]

I read you comment with some fun,but in the end i found it only boring. It proves only ignorance about how the world works and is:

One consequence is that it will cause people to become more serious about control The only serious control is to return the looney islamic world to the Dark Ages: No modern convieniences, no electricity, no industry, no roads, no cars, no trucks, no planes, no guns, no modern tools, no running water, no schools, no books, except the Quran. Return them to their nomadic roots: Camels, frankinsense, and the oasis. Same with the Chinese if they decide to get froggy with us. And with Europe. And anyone else who wants to challenge American supremacy. We WILL get to the stars and realize mankind's destiny, whether the rest of the world wants to do it or not.

I could write hundred of pages to show that if the US disappeared tomorrow, the world would not finish for that reason,but it's Sunday morning and nonetheless I have to study,later (guess, "thermodynamics of reactors" is a matter of study even outside the US!) It's sad to see how a great society like the America's one is rotten by people that believe in their "supremacy" because they like to invest in the militar industry (while infrastructures are a mess, but you can't realize it since probably you haven't ever put the nose outside your country village). Poor people that are simply unaware of the rest of the world.