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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] The clinical definition of a Social Scientist is "A man with a Phd. in 'maybe,' and 20/20 hindsight." This article is hard to decipher, as it seems to be attempting to say very little with a whole lot of words. It almost seems, through much of the author's thesis, that the US's decline came about largely as a by-product of not acting in its own self-interest, and not attempting to hold on to its hegemony. But then the author attempts to convince us that any attempt to re-establish that hegemony would and must be futile. I daresay that the characterization of Grenada and Panama as places "without troops" is historical revisionism at best, outright falsehood at worst. As is saying that the Vietnamese beat the United States all by their lonesome. (Both Chinese and USSR resources were heavily involved). [QUOTE]Washington was foolish enough to invest its full military might in the struggle <Vietnam>. [/QUOTE]Not even close. It's pretty clear now that the folks in charge weren't really trying to 'win' the war, in much the same way that they are not now (nore have they been) trying to 'win' the drug war. It could be said that most of the US's 'failures' in this regard (Including and especially the failure to end the threat of Iraq) have been due to the US's bowing to "international pressures." I also take issue with the professor's claim that we would become 'bogged down in Iraq' he apparently forgets that the last Gulf War's ground assault lasted a staggering 100 hours, and that was because we pulled our punch. We could have taken Baghdad in short order, but didn't. Now, of course, it will be harder. But that's just as much the 'world's' fault as it was ours. [QUOTE]Why should it not pay off for Japan as well, perhaps in alliance with China? [/QUOTE]Er, I think I learned the answer to that in my History of East Asia course. The two don't get along. We're talking centuries of enmity. [QUOTE]In short, militarily, they were nothing. Yet they succeeded in a bold attack on U.S. soil. [/QUOTE]This says nothing about the US. Show me a free country in which they would NOT have succeeded. I don't know out of what part of his fevered brain he pulls the assertion that the Gulf War was a "Draw." That's ludicrous. All goals were accomplished, with the exception of the removal of Hussein, which we would have accomplished, had we not listened to people like this man. [QUOTE]Right now, the U.S. economy seems relatively weak [/QUOTE]Relative to what? The Dow may be slumping, but last I heard, we grew at 5.6 during the last quarter. [QUOTE]From Ananova: The Bureau of Economic Statistics said that US GDP rose in Q1 2002 by an astounding 5.6% annual rate, the highest growth rate in two years [/QUOTE]That's not weak. That's robust, although lower than hoped for. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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