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> Ed, are you being serious??? How about considering the fact that the bulk of your GDP growth is as
> a direct consequence of the military spend in Iraq, and the rest as a result of the US Fed
> flooding your economy with paper money. Given that the US budget deficit is at around 275% of GDP
> (similar to the levels last seen before the 1929 Wall Street Market crash) the rapidly falling US
> dollar is more symptomatic of economic decline rather than being indicative of the super power
> that you speak of. Ancient Rome was also a super power. Bear in mind that while your are more than
> entitled to your conservative American centric outlook on global affairs, many Europeans and many
> people living in Africa and the rest of the Third World are quite happy with not being drawn into
> a conflict situation with enemies of the US with which we have no gripe.
I am always in favor of spending what ever it takes to insure that the US remains the greatest
military force in the world bar none. We must have at least a hundred thousand economists in this
country and I will let them worry about the economy. But this much I do know: be militarily strong
or perish. The Europeans and the rest of the world are living under the cloak and protection of the
US military might and they should be grateful that we (the American taxpayer) are carrying the
burdens of the world. The enemies of the US are also the enemies of the entire Western World and
most of the third world also. You are blind not to be able to see that.
> Have you bothered to consider that most people in Africa live on less money per day than the
> average US agricultural subsidy per cow per day. It amazes me therefore when people may want to
> know why there may be a sense of outrage from many third world people when they see the
> patronising approach of conservative politicians who share views similar to those that you have
> expressed. The entire world does not want to become part of the west and it is short sited and
> bigotted to assume that Muslims would ever want to be a part of what you represent.
The entire world does in fact want to become Western, and as soon as possible. The sole exception to
this are the Arabic Muslim countries of the Middle East. They are all autocracies at best and mostly
dictatorships with no legitimacy. The Arabs are steeped in ignorance largely because of their
medieval religion. That will have to be changed, probably by violent civil wars. They cannot
continue to live like they do in a modern Western World.
> The current administration has run the US deficit deep into the red and largely undone most of the
> good economic progress made by President Clinton. Job losses in th US are at record levels and the
> economic prosperity that you have obviously benefited from is at risk. Hardly what I would
> classify as inspired leadership worthy of a place in history.
Nonsense. It is just the normal business cycle at work as usual. Politicians take way too much
credit when times are good and way too much blame when times are bad. In any event, the economy is
way down the list on my field of concerns. The defense of the country comes first and foremost. Let
me remind you that we are presently at war, for heaven's sake. Maybe we can get back to some of your
economic concerns when the war is over and things are peaceful once again.
Ed Dolan - Minnesota
