> The Roman Empire lasted for what, 500 years minimum? > America just got > going really since 1945. Moreover, even the best > estimates for China > don't have them overtaking us for at least 50-100 > years, minimum. It > looks to me like we have plenty of time to shape the > world of our future.
Yes I agree. It certainly DOES look that way to you. Despite the fact that the pace of world events is dizzyingly faster than in Roman times, and meetings between EU-Russia-China would easily craft a formidable multipolar rival, that we seem bent on pushing into being. > Totally not true. During Clinton's > administration, India, China, and > Russia were holding summits on "multipolarity." Unbelievable. My contacts in the foreign service say these meeting have gove from "languid and theoretical" to "urgent and purposeful. > > Today, relations with India (and Pakistan) are > stronger than ever. Thanks to Bill Clinton In > another few years, we will have a stable and > independent VIETNAM as an ally in > the cause of liberty and freedom smack dab in the > center of the ASIA > For give me for the above insertions. You cannot believe how ironic every turn of phrase becomes. Tonkin Gulf lies. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
