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/
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