On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 12:35:40PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > 1) Sucessful: The US sees itself as the sole champion of liberty and > listens even less to the rest of the world. "Look what would have happened > if we listened to you in Iraq. Who needs sidewalk superintendants?" > > 2) Failure: The US sees that intervention doesn't work, it stops pushing, > and sees its self interest as promoting Fortress America. When there is > trouble, like an invasion of one country by another, the US refuses to > intervene again. Of course, without the US to lead, nothing happens.
Or, the most likely scenario, somewhere in between 1 & 2 with a lot of weird mixed in that most people would have never predicted. Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
