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ISSUES 2008

The Fearful Superpower

It's not just Bush's fault. America is scared of the new world, and that's no way to run a hyperpower.

By Fareed Zakaria | NEWSWEEK

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  • Posted By: Mambo @ 05/10/2008 9:50:36 AM

    Comment: Now why the most powerful nation in the World-the United state of America always fears a war against terror today.It needs to protect all americans at home and abroad,but this costs them so much and its current terrorism budget has often been higher than the MCA on an endemic malaria of which kills many children in sub saharan region.This is disgraceful.
    The priority is terrorism and nothing else since it had become the order of the day everywhere.For the Bush admistration to tell African states to use his free mosquito nets does not help them in reducing mortality rates just because these poorer countries have no money to construct good infrastructures like tarmac roads,energy sectors e.t.c which are also obstacles to economic and foreign investment particularly in the Third World.
    Mambo,Tanzania.

  • Posted By: Mambo @ 05/10/2008 9:50:11 AM

    Comment: Now why the most powerful nation in the World-the United state of America always fears a war against terror today.It needs to protect all americans at home and abroad,but this costs them so much and its current terrorism budget has often been higher than the MCA on an endemic malaria of which kills many children in sub saharan region.This is disgraceful.
    The priority is terrorism and nothing else since it had become the order of the day everywhere.For the Bush admistration to tell African states to use his free mosquito nets does not help them in reducing mortality rates just because these poorer countries have no money to construct good infrastructures like tarmac roads,energy sectors e.t.c which are also obstacles to economic and foreign investment particularly in the Third World.
    Mambo,Tanzania.

  • Posted By: yog2541 @ 05/05/2008 12:03:50 PM

    Comment: "THERE IS NO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF" -FDR

    Lets take FDR wise advice when we deal with the world community. In the age of globalization, the nation-state (America, Britain, Russia, China etc...) will take a backseat to the world community if we intend to face the problems & solve them together.,ie global warming, terrorism, North-South inequity, poverty, population growth. Acid rain does not recognize borders.

  • Posted By: yog2541 @ 05/05/2008 11:57:37 AM

    Comment: Mr Fareed Zakaria;
    Congratulations! You have waken up the American public. The world future is developing &taking place as the US is concentrating in the Middle East, the Middle Kingdom(China) & India ; two old civilizations are reclaiming their places in the sun. We, Americans should not fall for the xenophobia which the GOP & many Conservative Democrats were guilty in their pandering to the nativist crowd. We should be eager to join China, India, Singapore, South Korea & turn our nation from a Eurocentric towards the Pacific basin.

  • Posted By: lnlrothx3 @ 05/05/2008 3:18:23 AM

    Comment: Newsweek is losing circulation every month. It will soon go out of business. As for Fareed he uses every opportunity to be little the U.S... Most Americans care little for the rest of the world. I have traveled 3 continents myself and found most people to be lease than friendly to the U.S... Also we build things that matter now, flashy buildings are old hat. We make I-pod, I phone, computers, Robots, spaceships, new drugs, new better crops, New medical equipment, The internet, GPS, and.......on and on. Yes we should hold our heads in shame. We are such losers.

  • Posted By: lnlrothx3 @ 05/05/2008 3:08:56 AM

    Comment: Newsweek is losing circulation every month. It will soon go out of business. As for Fareed he uses every opportunity to be little the U.S... Most Americans care little for the rest of the world. I have traveled 3 continents myself and found most people to be lease than friendly to the U.S... Also we build things that matter now, flashy buildings are old hat. We make I-pod, I phone, computers, Robots, spaceships, new drugs, new better crops, New medical equipment, The internet, GPS, and.......on and on. Yes we should hold our heads in shame. We are such losers.

  • Posted By: lnlrothx3 @ 05/05/2008 2:20:23 AM

    Comment: Newsweek is losing circulation every month. It will soon go out of business. As for Fareed he uses every opportunity to be little the U.S... Most Americans care little for the rest of the world. I have traveled 3 continents myself and found most people to be lease than friendly to the U.S... Also we build things that matter now, flashy buildings are old hat. We make I-pod, I phone, computers, Robots, spaceships, new drugs, new better crops, New medical equipment, The internet, GPS, and.......on and on. Yes we should hold our heads in shame. We are such losers.

  • Posted By: lnlrothx3 @ 05/05/2008 2:20:08 AM

    Comment: Newsweek is losing circulation every month. It will soon go out of business. As for Fareed he uses every opportunity to be little the U.S... Most Americans care little for the rest of the world. I have traveled 3 continents myself and found most people to be lease than friendly to the U.S... Also we build things that matter now, flashy buildings are old hat. We make I-pod, I phone, computers, Robots, spaceships, new drugs, new better crops, New medical equipment, The internet, GPS, and.......on and on. Yes we should hold our heads in shame. We are such losers.

  • Posted By: lnlrothx3 @ 05/05/2008 2:08:28 AM

    Comment: Newsweek is losing circulation every month. It will soon go out of business. As for Fareed he uses every opportunity to be little the U.S... Most Americans care little for the rest of the world. I have traveled 3 continents myself and found most people to be lease than friendly to the U.S... Also we build things that matter now, flashy buildings are old hat. We make I-pod, I phone, computers, Robots, spaceships, new drugs, new better crops, New medical equipment, The internet, GPS, and.......on and on. Yes we should hold our heads in shame. We are such losers.

  • Posted By: Dhurandhar Bhatawadekar @ 05/05/2008 1:07:44 AM

    Comment: The world does not hate Bush, its the muslims who hate Bush. Rest of the world just cant understand Americans who elected Bush not once but twice. How dumb can one get. They say lightening doesnt strike the same place twice. Looks like Americans havent heard of that phrase. Its the only country which fights "wars" outside of their own country be it Iraq or Vietnam. 9/11 is the only "war" that was fought on American soil after WW II. Americans who inflict wars on other countries, were sooo scared by Osama's video, that they elected Dubya once again. Its rare to find such a unique combination of being so dumb and so arrogant, and so many of them like Ms Rice, who blamed India's prosperity for food shortage in the world all at one place. Last week when Bush's dissapproval rating went close to 65% (It no longer called approval rating) he was seen and heard "advising" Zimbawe leaders, and blamig Mugabe of being "ineffective" leader and "failing" in his duties. There is one more phrase, that americans havent heard of - "Charity begins at home" Instead of helping others Mr.Bush and Ms Rice and rest of the coteries, can you just focus on US. Leave the rest of world to others, and it will be far better

  • Posted By: Dhurandhar Bhatawadekar @ 05/05/2008 1:04:46 AM

    Comment: The world does not hate Bush, its the muslims who hate Bush. Rest of the world just cant understand Americans who elected Bush not once but twice. How dumb can one get. They say lightening doesnt strike the same place twice. Looks like Americans havent heard of that phrase. Its the only country which fights "wars" outside of their own country be it Iraq or Vietnam. 9/11 is the only "war" that was fought on American soil after WW II. Americans who inflict wars on other countries, were sooo scared by Osama's video, that they elected Dubya once again. Its rare to find such a unique combination of being so dumb and so arrogant, and so many of them like Ms Rice, who blamed India's prosperity for food shortage in the world all at one place. Last week when Bush's dissapproval rating went close to 65% (It no longer called approval rating) he was seen and heard "advising" Zimbawe leaders, and blamig Mugabe of being "ineffective" leader and "failing" in his duties. There is one more phrase, that americans havent heard of - "Charity begins at home" Instead of helping others Mr.Bush and Ms Rice and rest of the coteries, can you just focus on US. Leave the rest of world to others, and it will be far better

  • Posted By: 1newsweek1 @ 05/04/2008 12:22:38 PM

    Comment: It's important that the world knows something about India. Ever since its independence from Britain 60 years ago, India has fought 3 wars with Pakistan alone! During one of the wars, India "cut" Pakistan into two pieces, Pakistan and Bangladesh. India also fought but lost a border war with China and "swallowed" a little Himalayan kingdom Sikeem that scared the hell out of another little Himalayan kingdom Bhutan which quickly surrendered its defense to India. As recent as 1999, India was on verge of a nuclear show-down with Pakistan. How many country has fought so many wars as India since WWII?

  • Posted By: 1newsweek1 @ 05/04/2008 12:22:28 PM

    Comment: It's important that the world knows something about India. Ever since its independence from Britain 60 years ago, India has fought 3 wars with Pakistan alone! During one of the wars, India "cut" Pakistan into two pieces, Pakistan and Bangladesh. India also fought but lost a border war with China and "swallowed" a little Himalayan kingdom Sikeem that scared the hell out of another little Himalayan kingdom Bhutan which quickly surrendered its defense to India. As recent as 1999, India was on verge of a nuclear show-down with Pakistan. How many country has fought so many wars as India since WWII?

  • Posted By: PeaceScore @ 05/04/2008 9:21:46 AM

    Comment: I think that it says a lot about Republicans when they confuse "hope mongering" with "fear mongering." I for one would much rather spend my time and energy focusing on how we can grow, learn and improve our country and not on how we can protect, secure and defend ourselves. We've tried the latter option for seven years now and what has it accomplished? What kind of person would critisizes someone else because they wanted to hope for something better. Isn't hope what makes our country great? Hope, freedom and the pursuit of happiness are the core virtues of our country. I think that having hope is the ultimate symbol of patriotism. A soldier without hope is an oxymoron. Hope is not uniquely American though. Of the 6.6 billion people on this planet, the overwhelming majortiy are hopeful and peaceful. In fact, I'd venture to say that 95% of so called "foriegners" or "immigrants" are not looking to commit violence against us, or anyone else for that matter. The only way we're going to continue to be a global power is if we continue to act, work and trade globally. Isolationism is not in our nations' best interest, nor is it in our nation's DNA. Our prosperity and wealth are dependent upon our ability to be competitive, which requires innovation, creativity and knowledge sharing. We must continue to embrace the belief that the greatest asset of our nation and of our planet is our diversity.

    • Posted By: Dhurandhar Bhatawadekar @ 05/05/2008 01:08:37

      Comment: The world does not hate Bush, its the muslims who hate Bush. Rest of the world just cant understand Americans who elected Bush not once but twice. How dumb can one get. They say lightening doesnt strike the same place twice. Looks like Americans havent heard of that phrase. Its the only country which fights "wars" outside of their own country be it Iraq or Vietnam. 9/11 is the only "war" that was fought on American soil after WW II. Americans who inflict wars on other countries, were sooo scared by Osama's video, that they elected Dubya once again. Its rare to find such a unique combination of being so dumb and so arrogant, and so many of them like Ms Rice, who blamed India's prosperity for food shortage in the world all at one place. Last week when Bush's dissapproval rating went close to 65% (It no longer called approval rating) he was seen and heard "advising" Zimbawe leaders, and blamig Mugabe of being "ineffective" leader and "failing" in his duties. There is one more phrase, that americans havent heard of - "Charity begins at home" Instead of helping others Mr.Bush and Ms Rice and rest of the coteries, can you just focus on US. Leave the rest of world to others, and it will be far better

  • Posted By: antodav @ 05/04/2008 12:55:50 AM

    Comment: I apologize for the multiple posts; the website keeps telling me that it failed.

    As for China, they may only have a fraction of the nuclear weapons that the U.S. has, but they have all that they need. The huge arsenal of weapons possessed by the United States is overkill and far more than any nation would need to destroy the entire world if they wanted to. A first strike by China could destroy not only Tokyo, Taipei, Honolulu, and Anchorage but also Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, Atlanta and New York as well. The Chinese could wipe out the U.S. government, the backbone of the U.S. economy, and any capability the U.S. might have to formulate a proper response before we even realized what was happening. In absence of a missile defense shield, which our own government continues to obstruct and which Europe and Russia oppose for their own malignant purposes, Mutually Assured Destruction is no longer enough to keep us safe. But even then, the primary threat from China is not military???it's economic. The largest fraction of our national debt owed to foreign countries is owed to China; if China wanted to really hurt the United States they could foreclose upon those debts and send the government into bankruptcy, or sell off their reserves of the dollar and make it virtually worthless. Growing Chinese demand for oil contributes to our own high oil prices that are wrecking our economy. The next president will almost certainly implement regulations upon our own industry equal to or greater than those specified in the Kyoto Accords, and if it's Obama or Clinton it's doubtful that he/she would be willing to keep in place the tax subsidies for our own companies that would be essential to prevent them from raising prices, laying off workers, or engaging in further outsourcing in order to offset the cost of additional regulation; China, meanwhile, will most likely continue to be exempt from any such regulations, due to a combination of economic extortion and white guilt, despite the fact that they have overtaken the United States as the world's #1 polluter, to the point where our athletes going there for the Olympics this year are concerned for their health in the toxic atmosphere of Beijing. This means that China will probably overtake the United States as the world's most productive economy within the next decade, and will most likely overtake the U.S. in GDP within 25 years.

    These are SERIOUS issues that the next several administrations and Congresses will have to deal with, and Zakaria is doing the nation a disservice by encouraging people to ignore them. For the nation's sake, I hope Zakaria's message in this article goes unheard and unheeded in November.

  • Posted By: antodav @ 05/04/2008 12:55:00 AM

    Comment: The notion that the Democrats have not engaged in fear-mongering is laughable. They have fear-mongered about global warming, fear-mongered about the Patriot Act, fear-mongered the economy almost into a recession, fear-mongered about attempts at Social Security reform (where they accuse Republicans of fear-mongering)....fear-mongered any time they felt it would suit them politically. Back in 2004 they fear-mongered about an impending draft that never came, and way back in 1964 they used the politics of fear to insinuate that Barry Goldwater was a warmonger who was going to lead the world to nuclear Armageddon. Using fear to win elections is nothing new for them; it's incredibly hypocritical for them to now criticize Republicans for allegedly doing it. If so, Republicans only learned from the best.

    Though it claims not to, the article trivializes numerous serious threats to future American security and prosperity, particularly the threat posed by radical Islamic fundamentalism. It goes so far as to ridicule those who recognize the dangers that we face in the modern world and wish to do something about them; Zakaria is Chamberlainian in his abject denial of the facts of the world around him. Iran doesn't need to have a military budget the size of the United States; its paramilitary forces alone dwarf the size of the U.S. military, and with aid from China and Russia the quality of its military hardware could easily come to rival that of the U.S. if left unchecked. Iran doesn't need to spend billions of dollars on military R&D; they can just buy the technology they need from nations that already have it with oil. Furthermore, the primary threat from Iran is now and continues to be the possibility of Iran giving WMDs to Hezbollah or some other terrorist group and that group then using those weapons against Israel, Europe, or the United States. The purpose of containing Iran is to keep them from ever reaching the point where they will be capable of doing that and no one will be able to stop them. Zakaria fails to understand this. (cont'd).

  • Posted By: antodav @ 05/04/2008 12:50:44 AM

    Comment: The notion that the Democrats have not engaged in fear-mongering is laughable. They have fear-mongered about global warming, fear-mongered about the Patriot Act, fear-mongered the economy almost into a recession, fear-mongered about attempts at Social Security reform (where they accuse Republicans of fear-mongering)....back in 2004 they fear-mongered about an impending draft that never came, and way back in 1964 they used the politics of fear to insinuate that Barry Goldwater was a warmonger who was going to lead the world to nuclear armageddon. Using fear to win elections is nothing new for them; it's incredibly hypocritical for them to now criticize Republicans for allegedly doing it. If so, Republicans only learned from the best.

    Though it claims not to, the article trivializes numerous serious threats to future American security and prosperity, particularly the threat posed by radical Islamic fundamentalism. It goes so far as to ridicule those who recognize the dangers that we face in the modern world and wish to do something about them; Zakaria is Chamberlainian in his abject denial of the facts of the world around him. Iran doesn't need to have a military budget the size of the United States; its paramilitary forces alone dwarf the size of the U.S. military, and with aid from China and Russia the quality of its military hardware could easily come to rival that of the U.S. if left unchecked. Iran doesn't need to spend billions of dollars on military R&D; they can just buy the technology they need from nations that already have it with oil. Furthermore, the primary threat from Iran is now and continues to be the possibility of Iran giving WMDs to Hezbollah or some other terrorist group and that group then using those weapons against Israel, Europe, or the United States. The purpose of containing Iran is to keep them from ever reaching the point where they will be capable of doing that and no one will be able to stop them. Zakaria fails to understand this. (cont'd.)

  • Posted By: antodav @ 05/04/2008 12:49:03 AM

    Comment: The notion that the Democrats have not engaged in fear-mongering is laughable. They have fear-mongered about global warming, fear-mongered about the Patriot Act, fear-mongered the economy almost into a recession, fear-mongered about attempts at Social Security reform (where they accuse Republicans of fear-mongering)....back in 2004 they fear-mongered about an impending draft that never came, and way back in 1964 they used the politics of fear to insinuate that Barry Goldwater was a warmonger who was going to lead the world to nuclear armageddon. Using fear to win elections is nothing new for them; it's incredibly hypocritical for them to now criticize Republicans for allegedly doing it. If so, Republicans only learned from the best.

    Though it claims not to, the article trivializes numerous serious threats to future American security and prosperity, particularly the threat posed by radical Islamic fundamentalism. It goes so far as to ridicule those who recognize the dangers that we face in the modern world and wish to do something about them; Zakaria is Chamberlainian in his abject denial of the facts of the world around him. Iran doesn't need to have a military budget the size of the United States; its paramilitary forces alone dwarf the size of the U.S. military, and with aid from China and Russia the quality of its military hardware could easily come to rival that of the U.S. if left unchecked. Iran doesn't need to spend billions of dollars on military R&D; they can just buy the technology they need from nations that already have it with oil. Furthermore, the primary threat from Iran is now and continues to be the possibility of Iran giving WMDs to Hezbollah or some other terrorist group and that group then using those weapons against Israel, Europe, or the United States. The purpose of containing Iran is to keep them from ever reaching the point where they will be capable of doing that and no one will be able to stop them. Zakaria fails to understand this. (cont'd)

  • Posted By: antodav @ 05/04/2008 12:48:51 AM

    Comment: The notion that the Democrats have not engaged in fear-mongering is laughable. They have fear-mongered about global warming, fear-mongered about the Patriot Act, fear-mongered the economy almost into a recession, fear-mongered about attempts at Social Security reform (where they accuse Republicans of fear-mongering)....back in 2004 they fear-mongered about an impending draft that never came, and way back in 1964 they used the politics of fear to insinuate that Barry Goldwater was a warmonger who was going to lead the world to nuclear armageddon. Using fear to win elections is nothing new for them; it's incredibly hypocritical for them to now criticize Republicans for allegedly doing it. If so, Republicans only learned from the best.

    Though it claims not to, the article trivializes numerous serious threats to future American security and prosperity, particularly the threat posed by radical Islamic fundamentalism. It goes so far as to ridicule those who recognize the dangers that we face in the modern world and wish to do something about them; Zakaria is Chamberlainian in his abject denial of the facts of the world around him. Iran doesn't need to have a military budget the size of the United States; its paramilitary forces alone dwarf the size of the U.S. military, and with aid from China and Russia the quality of its military hardware could easily come to rival that of the U.S. if left unchecked. Iran doesn't need to spend billions of dollars on military R&D; they can just buy the technology they need from nations that already have it with oil. Furthermore, the primary threat from Iran is now and continues to be the possibility of Iran giving WMDs to Hezbollah or some other terrorist group and that group then using those weapons against Israel, Europe, or the United States. The purpose of containing Iran is to keep them from ever reaching the point where they will be capable of doing that and no one will be able to stop them. Zakaria fails to understand this. (cont'd)

  • Posted By: ladyinwhite @ 04/24/2008 10:20:13 PM

    Comment: You know what I hate most? I hate to listen our president saying that everything is OK, when the whole country is worry about what is happening. The price of the gas, milk, rice... what is going to be next? I would prefer listening him saying "I understand", then I would say, he is going to do something about. But he says that everything is OK, that means he is not accepting the reality. So, how can we expect him to help us, when he is not seeing the problem? Is anybody there close to him, who could advise him to change his approach. We are not happy.

  • Posted By: frmozo @ 03/29/2008 2:57:40 PM

    Comment: We have been a very pasive and patient nation. Will our nation regain its power again? is a very good question that needs a simple answer. My answer is YES!, we will regain our power, but not once Bush is gone or when Democrats are in power again; but when we understand once and for all that we are not a united nation. Our people is tired of unnecessary wars and policies that show us that politicians do not care about us. Once our leaders understand that our people is first, I believe that our nation will be as powerful as it's always been.

  • Posted By: burbank @ 03/29/2008 12:00:43 AM

    Comment: Is the United States afraid, or does the United States see a clear and present danger in the Middle East that left unchecked could consume the world with its radical message of hate and intolerance? In order for the world to grow in peace and prosperity, we must first eliminate the threat to that peace. This is what we see. What we can't see and don't understand is why the rest of the world does not see this as well.

  • Posted By: najeeb_ch @ 02/02/2008 8:29:33 AM

    Comment: I believe the author has a good perspective. It seems to me that building a world is better than bombing the *** out of people who don't even have enough to eat...

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 01/29/2008 8:06:11 AM

    Comment: wHAT IS THIS BOLLYWOOD

  • Posted By: Markwri @ 12/30/2007 4:46:30 AM

    Comment: Clubby corp dc.
    Being in the " catbird " seat and having forgotten long ago how to truly play an honest card game....
    No sense in being fearfull. It's really called " Game Over, Tilt. "

  • Posted By: jajabink @ 12/25/2007 11:02:58 PM

    Comment: hey, T9900, then where the hell have you so called CONSERVATIVES been all these 7+ years, eh? This administration is destroying our country and you CONSERVATIVES have been silience ever since. Only now that I am beginning to hear that Bush is not a true CONSERVATIVE...what hyprocrite!

    • Posted By: t9900 @ 01/23/2008 10:01:58

      Comment: Where have your kind been? If you can tell the difference between conservative beliefs and Bush's policy then you would retract your statment. But seriesly where have you liberals been. All you do is b*itch and do nothing about it. Your congress can't get anything done except make crappy bills and bills that would cut funding for troops if they can't get the popularity from ending the Iraq War and condeming millions of people to death in the future.

  • Posted By: PaulWall @ 12/23/2007 8:48:33 PM

    Comment: If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? The republicans are the class of bad ideas and the democrats are the school of no ideas.

  • Posted By: Wiseman @ 12/21/2007 3:13:46 AM

    Comment: Ya I agree with the ideas of Zakaria because even the Holly Bible predictes tha USA is the fallin babylon. The ISIAH 47 goes like this read and judge for yourself.

    Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust.
    For your days of sitting on a throne have ended.
    O daughter of Babylonia,[a] never again will you be
    the lovely princess, tender and delicate.
    2 Take heavy millstones and grind flour.
    Remove your veil, and strip off your robe.
    Expose yourself to public view.
    3 You will be naked and burdened with shame.
    I will take vengeance against you without pity.???
    4 Our Redeemer, whose name is the Lord of Heaven???s Armies,
    is the Holy One of Israel.

    5 ???O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence.
    Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.
    6 For I was angry with my chosen people
    and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
    But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
    You oppressed even the elderly.
    7 You said, ???I will reign forever as queen of the world!???
    You did not reflect on your actions
    or think about their consequences.

    8 ???Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom,
    living at ease and feeling secure.
    You say, ???I am the only one, and there is no other.
    I will never be a widow or lose my children.???
    9 Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment:
    widowhood and the loss of your children.
    Yes, these calamities will come upon you,
    despite all your witchcraft and magic.

    10 ???You felt secure in your wickedness.
    ???No one sees me,??? you said.
    But your ???wisdom??? and ???knowledge??? have led you astray,
    and you said, ???I am the only one, and there is no other.???
    11 So disaster will overtake you,
    and you won???t be able to charm it away.
    Calamity will fall upon you,
    and you won???t be able to buy your way out.
    A catastrophe will strike you suddenly,
    one for which you are not prepared.

    12 ???Now use your magical charms!
    Use the spells you have worked at all these years!
    Maybe they will do you some good.
    Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.
    13 All the advice you receive has made you tired.
    Where are all your astrologers,
    those stargazers who make predictions each month?
    Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.
    14 But they are like straw burning in a fire;
    they cannot save themselves from the flame.
    You will get no help from them at all;
    their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.
    15 And all your friends,
    those with whom you???ve done business since childhood,
    will go their own ways,
    turning a deaf ear to your cries.

  • Posted By: t9900 @ 12/20/2007 10:04:16 AM

    Comment: Wow, I've seen a lot more smart posts (mostly by some the conservatives).
    As a moderate social conservative I'm sick of the Bush-style Republicans, the hypocryte liberals, and the American-bashing non-Americans.
    Fear prepares you. Too much doesn't kill you but life won't be fun. However saying that Republicans only spreads fear is ridicules, especialy considering the fear the liberals and the media spreads too.
    And don't call conservatives ignorant ever. Consider liberals and thier constant Republican/bush bashing. All I hear from the majority of liberals here is hate and plain dumb ignorance of conservative beliefs. and you call Republicans ignorant. You don't even know our stances on Global Warming or immigration. Most conservatives believe global warming is not man-caused and many people are against ILLEGAL immigration, not legal immigration. Infact I don't think any conservatives are aginst legal immigration.
    And you assume we are against free health care becuase we do not care about the poor. No free health care means more government and higher taxes. Real conservatives are against both. Most real conservatives are not the war-mongers you make them out to be. We want good defenses and little war. Most conservatives want to stabalise Iraq before we leave, wether the invasion was legal or not. Should I begin on liberal hypocracy?
    I personally don't care what outsiders think about our country, I favor a more isolationist policy unless we must get involved.
    Before you bash Republicans, bash your hypocrate friends Gore, Kerrey, Clinton, and the so called liberal Hollywooda and media. They spread hate just as much as Republicans.
    And do not base our beliefs off of what you here on the news or from Bush. I didn't even get to rant on Bush-style Republicans or American-bashing non-Americans.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/20/2007 3:13:17 AM

    Comment: yoU ARE mAD. yOU CANNOT PROVE YOU'RE BABBLE.ANYWAY, MANY OF YOU iDIANS ARE STUFFING YOURSELF OF TURKEY WHILE YOU'RE BROTHERS ARE SUFFERING UNDER THE CASTE SYSTEM. YOU MUS T BE A BRAHMIN. DOWN WITH THE CASTE STSTEM. DOWN WITH THOSE WHO IT TURKEY AND HAVE ABANDONED THEIR BROTHERS. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A GOOD WRITER AND BEING A GOOD LEADER.

  • Posted By: morbie5 @ 12/19/2007 6:29:37 PM

    Comment: When you say "AH" I think you mean "EH." Thats what canadians say at the end of a sentence. Yea, I think the caste system is india should be abandoned. Their is a lot of things I'd like to see india do. Its not my place to make them abandon the caste system though. Officially it is outlawed, but in really it is still around. Its been part of their culture for god knows how long and it certainly isn't going to disappear over night because americans say its wrong. I worked as an intern with an indian that was very americanized; he lived in Hong Kong and california. He was dating an indian girl and he told me he won't marry her because she was of a lower caste. That was still a factor in 2004! He said he wasn't ever going to tell her that was the reason, but his family knew all about it. My point is that it's very hard to change a culture that has been around for so long. Look at latin america, they have a caste system also. It's based on how many white ancestors you have. I don't think that will ever change in my life time either.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/19/2007 6:24:20 AM

    Comment: morbie5-THERE IS NO DOUBT YOU ARE CANDIAN AH. YOU WRITE CANADIAN AH. DIDN'T I mention that I like Candians. In fact the Candian dollar has surpassed the U.S DOllar in value. We are lucky to have Canada as a neighbor. Do you believe the Caste system in INDIA SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

  • Posted By: Saltydog_0 @ 12/18/2007 6:55:46 PM

    Comment: I'm sick of hearing about how the terrorists want to come and get us. So many people in politics, media and religion keep harping on the fact that "they" are going to kill more of us Americans if we don't defend ourselves. No doubt this is true, but where is there sense of proportion? I would never make light of the pain endured by those who lost loved ones on 9/11, but is their sense of loss any greater than those who lost loved ones to car wrecks, cancer or some other tragedy? People, we lost 3,000 Americans on 9/11. In our entire history we've probably lost less than 10,000 to terrorists. How many have we lost to smoking? Car wrecks? Poverty? Lack of healthcare? Millions.

    Should we respond to the terrorist threat? Absolutely. But let's respond sanely. There's no point in burning down the barn to rid it of a few rats. By the time this war is over we will have spent a trillion dollars, destroyed our civil liberties and alienated the rest of the world.

    All our leaders have to do to get us to mortgage our entire future is say "The terrorists are coming! The terrorists are coming!" What is their motivation? Saving lives? Hah! Protecting Americans? Don't be such a tool! How many lives could be saved if we spent a trillion dollars on medical research, domestic infrastructure, education, healthcare, etc. The fact is, the trillion dollars spent on this wars will cost thousands of American lives. TENS OF THOUSANDS!!!!

    This war is about one thing; making money. Bush has sold the blood of thousands of Americans at Cheney's bequest to enrich the shareholders of Haliburton and the like. All because the American public bought into the chicken little routine of "The terrorists are coming!".

    Yeah. Yeah. They're coming. So what?! They're pissants. They are of little significance in the grand scheme of things. A terrorist CAN threaten an individual. But they are ZERO threat to a country. The biggest threat is how we react to the terrorists. When we react in the manner Bush and his puppeteers have goaded and manipulated us into acting, then we are truly threatened. The loss of life on 9/11 was tragic. Our response as a nation though is so much more tragic. The terrorists hit us once. As a response, we have hit ourselves a thousand times over.

    Please America. Stop reacting insanely to a non-threat. We're playing right into the hands of those who wish us ill.

    • Posted By: miamiman @ 03/19/2008 10:51:18

      Comment: salty: I guess that statictics are not people in your book. dont put a face on the casualties of 9/11 as it may give you fresh perspective.

      If your logic is correct then we have lost only a 750 people per year in iraq not all of them due to combat. This is a relatively insignificant amount as more people are killed here driving under the influence.

      Wow now that you put it that way , we are in good position in the Iraq conflict.

      so the terrorist threat is serious as we have lost just as many innocent civilians in one day as ALL the combat casualties in 5 years in Iraq.

      Oh by the way A few rats can spread disease like crazy. if the rats have the plague youmay very well have to burn down the barn to eliminate the disease and threat of further contamination.

      Enough Bush bashing already. its so cliche as to be out of style. Our military is efficient and powerful this is why they "hate" us. The fear is actualy on the other foot. It is not America that fears the world but the world fears the sleeping giant may awaken to his full potential, 9.11 did just that. ,it was not the intended consequence of these "pissants". they were the ones who pushed a stick into the fireant pile and poison came pouring out.

  • Posted By: jpaol @ 12/16/2007 9:32:27 PM

    Comment: Much of the insular, redstate Republican base, with their mortal fear of science and "foreigners," doesn't feel prepared to compete with the rest of the world.

  • Posted By: Braes @ 12/16/2007 1:43:10 PM

    Comment: A reign of Terror is the best way to keep the sheep in line. From rubber gloving grannies to no-fly lists, these clowns set new standards on amok. 99.99999% of musllims aren't mad at us, or want to hurt anyone. The only places in the world where the tension is through the roof are places we have invaded and camped since 1991. That tension adds $30 bucks to a 42 gallon barrel of oil.
    Afraid? we spend 15 times the next nation in line on the defense industrial base. We've added 5 billion or so in the last 7 years to the debt stirring up the world with Condi's transformation. Stability was bad, so let's tip every apple cart. Let's ignore Geneva, the ABM treaty, stick missiles up Russia's fanny, lose the Conventional forces in Europe treaty, watch the Intermediate Nuclear agreement go away... and watch the fattest of fat cats kill the middle class, and load our grandkids with almost 9 trillion in total debt. Wow, what do we have to be afraid of from the rest of the world when we are slaughtering ourselves?
    Bushland. Muslims shouldn't feel special, Bush hates white people too.

  • Posted By: richardwang.sz @ 12/16/2007 4:54:44 AM

    Comment: US always invents its enemies. It's unreasonable.--Richard Wang

    • Posted By: Braes @ 12/16/2007 14:09:37

      Comment: And when left alone, we tend to turn on ourselves, foolishly. Let that be a lesson to all.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/15/2007 11:54:36 PM

    Comment: We need Middle-East Oil. And the Middle East needs us to buy there oil. Everyone only mentions one-side. If Middle-Eastern government are profiting of Oil and not sharing their wealth with the rest of their people. It is this greed that has allowed and OSAMA BIN LADEN to rise. The Middle-Eatern population does not control it's governments. Lets's change this. LET'S MAKE SURE IRAN HAS FAIR AND FREE ELECTIONS. THE IRANIAN POPULATION WOULD SUPPORT AMERICAN FORCE IF IT WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF PROVIDING THE WITH FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. THE INETRNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDS TO FORCE IRAN TO HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS> THEN THE IRANIAN PEOPLE THEMSELVES CAN MODERNIZE THEIR COUNTRY. THE NEW TOWER OF BABYLON HAS BEEN RAISED IN DUBAI. THE RICH GET RICHER AND HEALTHIER WHILE THE POOR SUFFER AND ARE STARVING. PEOPLE NEED TO BE OUTRAGED AT THIS AND STOP BLAMING AMERICA FOR THE CRIMINAL ACTS OF MIDDLE-EASTERN GOVERNMENTS.

    • Posted By: morbie5 @ 12/17/2007 12:01:45

      Comment: Ok so your saying the Iranians will support american troops if we provide free and fair elections? Just like the Iraqis supported us? Why do you feel the need to tell the rest of the world what is good or bad for them while holding an M16 pointed at their face? How would you feel if France and Germany threatened to evade the USA if we didn't get rid of the electoral college because of what happened in the 2000 election?

    • Posted By: saudiy @ 12/16/2007 17:29:26

      Comment: do you know ali baba and the forty thieves
      they made an adminstration and they appointed one as the tresure feddle and the ignorants agreed
      how would you find fedality among thieves !?

      • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/16/2007 19:13:04

        Comment: ALI BABA: SUPPORT FREE AND FAIR ELECTION IN IRAN. TELL ALL OF YOR MIDDLE-EASTERN GOVERNMENTS TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH WITH THEIR PEOPLE. THE TOWER OF BABYLON HAS BEEN RAISED IN DUBAI. DO YOU KNOW TOWER OF BABYLON.

        • Posted By: saudiy @ 12/16/2007 20:05:38

          Comment: ali baba is (from my point of view is any goverment)
          isn,t that right monicas

  • Posted By: IndAm @ 12/15/2007 11:49:27 PM

    Comment: When I visited America, way back in 1988, at the age of 39, as a visitor, my friend greeted and received me at the gate. Today I am, almost, completing 59 and I am visiting at least 4 or 5 times a year. I am worried about America, the leader of the last century, the 1900s. I am worried about America, the wonderful land of immigrants, who made their new found land, most prosperous. I am worried about who looks the same immigrants as the most suspicious.

    I am worried about America which is spending beyond it means. I am worried about America which depends mostly on others work than their own. I am worried about America, which exports its valuable jobs to everyone under the sun, but denies a livelihood for many of its own people

    It is NOT Mr Bush. It is YOU, the Americans. Your attitude must change. You are just like others. If you feel you are special, then be prepared to pay a price. It is isolation. No one wants to live with security posted outside their houses or backyard. If you want to live that way, it is a sad choice for you. Then stop calling your self that you living in a free society or a free world. The world is already laughing at you. It is the pity that you don't even realize it, leave alone feeling about it.

    As long as your corporations drive your political system, instead of "WE, the People", your society is doomed forever. And you are destined to live in a protective cage, where you live securely. And your media makes you to believe that you are living in a safe and FREE world. No one is going to stop you, if you believe in that kind safe and free society. God must really "bless" America, otherwise Americans may live in a kind of safe and free world, created by Geoge Orwell.

    • Posted By: Braes @ 12/16/2007 14:34:41

      Comment: They have had the crap scared out of them. Badly. Remember Color coded threat levels? A period of tension and political alignment. When you were say, in or near the Capitol and knew that United 93 was meant for you, you are going to vote for whatever the President wants. Scared. Then like usual we turned it into anger. We could have done a lot of things better if we weren't so freakin peeved off.
      The only question was how much crap were we going to go break in our rage and reaction. Punk 4000 Americans, it's kinda on dontcha think? We are all just lucky the thing didn't go nuclear on day one.
      Let see , afraid is the base assumption and we can eventually build out an NMD system that can hit incoming warheads by the bucketload. The F-22 can supersonic cruise for extended range, stealthed and kill at 200km. We have anough assets in orbit to see every inch of anythig moving, emitting rf, infared, etc. Christ we have bought 5 trillion worth of stuff. That is more than the next 4 nations in line will in the next decade or two.
      Now we could have been smarter about a lot of stuff.
      Fear and pissed. Unlike a person from a 6-8000 year culture, we've been barely governing ourselves for 220 or so years, if that is what we agree to call it. Sometimes under the banner of fear and pissed.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/15/2007 11:45:20 PM

    Comment: Morbie are you Canadian. I heard people in Canada think nothing bad is ever going to happen I guess it is because we are here to protect you. Have you heard of the three men arrested last month for having weapons grad uranium; you know the material we are about to go to war over.
    I wish more countries acted like INDIA. INDIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH BUSH. IF THE WORLD WOULD PUT IT'S HATRED ASIDE AND WORK WITH AMERICA LIKE INDIA WE WOULD NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY DO NO LET PEOPLE FOOL YOU INTO ONLY SEEING ONE SIDE. THINK. BUSH IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO BLAME FOR THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.
    INDIANS from INDIA have thrived under the BUSH ADMINISTRATION. They have gone from third world(which they still are) to a first "world-like" nation. Many peasants have moved up to middle class status. INDIANS in CANADA are doing very well I hear AH. INDIANS in America have been dominating the technology sector and have invested heavily in INDIAN Companies throughout the world. Today much of our customer service jobs are handled by the INDIANS. Considering this is not their first language, I think they should be applauded. Having a democratic President like Edwards who would probablly reduce outsourcing jobs to India especially in the technology field, would cause the Indian government to lose billions. In order for India to become a First-World nation they must do away with their caste system. A lot of brilliant Indians in India never get to realize the American dream like Fareed Zakaria. They instead are stuck in a life of poverty. If you study the Indian culture you will notice the light skined Indians usually discriminate against dark skinned Indians. The light skinned Indians own the technology companies in Virginia and the dark skinned Indians own the seven elevens. Just as America has gone through it's civil rights stuggle, so must India. It is wrong that someone is destined to poverty because of their caste. Indian-Pakistan relations have cooled since Bush has been in power. WHY? FEAR. They never feared the Clinton regime and in the 1990's these two countries were on the brink of full out nuclear war.

    • Posted By: morbie5 @ 12/17/2007 11:46:51

      Comment: Wow, what a great insult! I have no comeback for that. Im not canadian, I'm american. I do live 1/2 hour away from the canadian border and I have been there many times. You should go visit, its a nice place. You'll find that the people are very similar to us (gasp) and they dont hate us (gasp)! I don't know where your getting your info about indians liking bush but its just not true. Why are you worried about India losing billions before you worry about our own economic health. Almost everything that is outsourced to india hurts our own economy. If you like India so much why don't you go live there? I'll move to Toronto if you move to Bombay.

  • Posted By: manbearpig @ 12/15/2007 11:10:30 PM

    Comment: I think countries with nothing else to offer to the world except their natural resources (read oil) will have to fear the USA. Get real, democracy and freedom has nothing to do with the wars we are in right now, nor the cold war, nor any war in the history of the world. The reasoning behind all wars have always been "I want what that guy's got" or "I'm not going to give what I've got to that guy". Yes, even WWII - think about it. Once the oil runs out, countries with a lot of wind or a lot of sunshine could be living in fear too...

  • Posted By: manbearpig @ 12/15/2007 11:02:12 PM

    Comment: eddiewhere: India and Pakistan are not at war because they fear America? That is a big leap to make. No denying that these 2 countries have always had hostile relations with each other, but they have gone to war against each other only when there have been territorial aggressions from either side - America or no America. Full-out war was avoided in 98 BECAUSE the Clinton administration intervened and pressured Pakistan to pull back, which led to loss of face for Sharif with the military, which led to the coup, which led to Musharraf, and suddenly there were bigger problems to deal with than a snowy rocky terrain where nobody would want to live in.

  • Posted By: saudiy @ 12/15/2007 10:38:46 PM

    Comment: I was once in the United States 30 years ago ,taken my training their ,part of t was a desert surviva,most of the rainees , thout of the course as a , challenge,but the instructor said ,this course is not for tchllenge,it is to search inside your selve and know your behavior in such condition
    we need to know , our selve more in positive conditions to
    United States tives positive condition and need to know themselves more in such condition
    by the way thanks to Microsoft I am using speech recognition system to write this, ccomment
    thank you

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/15/2007 3:48:32 PM

    Comment: I wish more countries acted like INDIA. INDIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH BUSH. IF THE WORLD WOULD PUT IT'S HATRED ASIDE AND WORK WITH AMERICA LIKE INDIA WE WOULD NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY DO NO LET PEOPLE FOOL YOU INTO ONLY SEEING ONE SIDE. THINK. BUSH IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO BLAME FOR THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.
    INDIANS from INDIA have thrived under the BUSH ADMINISTRATION. They have gone from third world(which they still are) to a first "world-like" nation. Many peasants have moved up to middle class status. INDIANS in CANADA are doing very well I hear AH. INDIANS in America have been dominating the technology sector and have invested heavily in INDIAN Companies throughout the world. Today much of our customer service jobs are handled by the INDIANS. Considering this is not their first language, I think they should be applauded. Having a democratic President like Edwards who would probablly reduce outsourcing jobs to India especially in the technology field, would cause the Indian government to lose billions. In order for India to become a First-World nation they must do away with their caste system. A lot of brilliant Indians in India never get to realize the American dream like Fareed Zakaria. They instead are stuck in a life of poverty. If you study the Indian culture you will notice the light skined Indians usually discriminate against dark skinned Indians. The light skinned Indians own the technology companies in Virginia and the dark skinned Indians own the seven elevens. Just as America has gone through it's civil rights stuggle, so must India. It is wrong that someone is destined to poverty because of their caste. Indian-Pakistan relations have cooled since Bush has been in power. WHY? FEAR. They never feared the Clinton regime and in the 1990's these two countries were on the brink of full out nuclear war.

    • Posted By: saudiy @ 12/16/2007 16:03:27

      Comment: it is me saudiy
      i want to correct some of the words in my comment
      first lint it for t
      second line survival for surviva trainees for rainees
      third line challenge for tchallenge
      forth line too for to
      fifth line lives for tives

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/15/2007 3:44:21 PM

    Comment: Pink panther your comment make no sense. It is like you a writing just for writing sake. Is it because I caught lying about your military experience, or is it because you think people are stupid. I always tell people if you can't prove what you say you are in trouble. YOu have no experience in missle defense systems or the military. You porbablly went to bootcamp where everyone just STUMPED ON YOU like and empty pepsi can.

  • Posted By: aclove78 @ 12/15/2007 12:49:24 PM

    Comment: PerryM, you're an idiot.

  • Posted By: umarpathan @ 12/15/2007 7:20:38 AM

    Comment: so many people are thinking in america that people outside of america are hating thier way of life etc but people in other parts of the world dont bother much about the american way of life because the world is hetrogeous not homogenous .Yeah due to bush the world has started hating american govt not its people especially the bush coz he makes the world much more dangerous place to live like;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

  • Posted By: umarpathan @ 12/15/2007 7:15:37 AM

    Comment: Thats true no body is hating American people or America but its the bush admiinstartion and its foriegn policy playing havoc with millions of people lives and making the world a dangerous place to live.

  • Posted By: PerryM @ 12/15/2007 5:18:02 AM

    Comment: Who the hell cares what the rest of the world thinks of us ??? I sure don???t. Most of the world is enslaved by two-bit dictators or immoral political systems and if we are a stick in the eye to them so much the better. Bush is not the reason others hate us; it???s our freedom that they envy and that frustration foments hatred towards the super power that makes their very existence stone-aged. The author is a typical weenie liberal who whines and moans about not being liked ??? screw the rest of the world when it comes to our defense. The solution to getting folks to like us more is to export more freedom/capitalism to the rest of the world. That's why many folks die trying to get here - they really love what we have.

  • Posted By: poppy5402 @ 12/14/2007 4:25:33 PM

    Comment: Is the left really right ? Let us think about this fear. The possibility that the terrorists could come to our country post 9/11 from an appeased President and Congresswould certainly have brought another attack at some point in time, (study in history of other attacks). They could have takesn our complacence as a sign of weakness. They could have secertly come into our country by the thousands with lots of weapons. They could have waited and planned another attack, say in New York City. Possibility beginning at some of those liberal media centers where the offices of say, The New York Times, or Newsweek are located. Oh but wait, they would be smart enough not to attack anyone on their side of the issues, wouldn't they. Let's see, Washington D.C., now there is a place where they could find enemies and friends. As long as they were Killing the Republicans, they could find save haven with the Democrats and get lots of information. Oh well, I could never imagine that terrorists would ever attack us more than ONCE. Can You? No Nation on earth will ever have a media as bad as ours.

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 17:05:43

      Comment: you post so well, now we all know -why was Bush elected a second time! Bush has had [had] friendly relations with Bin-Lauden for over 25 years, but you are correct about our media they truly prove everyone has a price. They HAVE BEEN comming into our country from the late 70s-89+ and haven't we seen enough school killing with AK-47s to figure we are also the black markets favorit shopping store! As there is nothing you can't find on any given American street corner. Frankly im glad gangs and mobs have not formed one group, and took power, there are enough of them well armed, The Russians are close to there own goal, to build a nuke inside our borders, to blackmail this country to sell there products, and protection. Greed still is the gasoline of the world. If you need to prove GOP dominance your in the wrong place, as we did not even invade the right country who took out the WTC, the Saudis! Bush had Iraq in action, prior, to 9/11, to start a war,,jump start our economy, [only works when NOT outsourced] and all because of Enron and Worldcom! As a sitting President cannot be tried for civilian crimes during a time of war-on an adjective, which describes a fighting tactic not a way of life! Today it does not even include the KKK or any gang and if they ain't terrorist, then there is no description for them. In 7 years a Democrate cannot be a Christian? A Democrate is yellow. Democrates offer a safe haven? So when did the GOP find Bin-Lauden?

  • Posted By: LibsHaveNoBalls @ 12/14/2007 2:50:49 PM

    Comment: America in fear? Are you kidding me? If we are afraid - then who is intimidating us? If our leaders have to scare us into recognizing the dangers, can you blame them? We certainly won't be able to read about it in trash periodicals like Newsweek. You're too busy attacking conservatives, Bush, and America to give us REAL JOURNALISM. Yet more America-bashing by Newsweek and America-hater himself, Fareed Zakaria. It's total garbage, but enjoyable to read because it does give insight to how 'the other half' thinks. But rest assured, this is how our enemy portrays us. Yes, American wrote the document that changed the world on 7/4/1776, liberated the slaves, gave women the right to vote, liberated Europe TWICE, freed 50 million Muslims, while defeating Fascism, Communism, and (go ahead and include) Islamo-fascism into the mix - but Mr. Fareed Zakaria would never know it. I guess that's just window dressing to this idiot.

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 16:08:43

      Comment: so nice to see someone completly forget what Clinton did in 96, saved our arss while walking into Iraq with his actions which were not done to protect us while invading but did none the less!

  • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 1:58:26 PM

    Comment: Wilsan
    tis the season to be patient flalalala, drive safe

  • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 1:52:42 PM

    Comment: WILSAN
    In case you did not read
    Again sorry for the word sect i was trying to seperate those who, from those who are not. as those who are not are good people, those who are not arn't. im trying to seperate fanatic, from the ones who are not, as you are two very different followers and i do not want to lump all into one term, sorry

  • Posted By: dd0001 @ 12/14/2007 1:36:26 PM

    Comment: "Thus global capitalism is producing its own well-funded anticapitalists. Environmental degradation proceeds in much of the world on a colossal scale. And these problems get exacerbated by changes in climate, rainfall and habitation. Scarcities of water and wheat and other grains might turn out to be the fault lines of the future as populations move in search of secure and arable land."

    It seems as if the author's real objection is not fear itself, but rather the object of that fear? Hmmmm...seems that fear mongering cuts both ways, now doesn't it?

  • Posted By: dd0001 @ 12/14/2007 1:34:51 PM

    Comment: "Thus global capitalism is producing its own well-funded anticapitalists. Environmental degradation proceeds in much of the world on a colossal scale. And these problems get exacerbated by changes in climate, rainfall and habitation. Scarcities of water and wheat and other grains might turn out to be the fault lines of the future as populations move in search of secure and arable land."

    It appears as if the author's objection is not to fear itself, but rather to its object? Hmmm...seems fear mongering cuts both ways, now, doesn't it?

  • Posted By: dlnewland@comcast.net @ 12/14/2007 1:29:32 PM

    Comment: Zakaria is a pure internationalist. For these people America is the keel that keeps the world from capsizing, and it is nothing more than that. If real free trade does not exist except within the borders of the US, that???s fine, pretend it does anyway. For Fareed and his kind America is the engine that runs the world and they will write anything, say anything to keep that engine running, no matter how ruinous becomes the yearly trade deficit. I thought his article merely another left-wing screed until I got to the part where he thinks China may one day take up the ???mantle??? of world leadership; then, I began to wonder how many more Zaharias there are out there.
    Dave

  • Posted By: dlnewland@comcast.net @ 12/14/2007 1:18:07 PM

    Comment: Zakaria's perspective is that of an internationalist. For these people America is about being the keel that keeps the world from capsizing and it is not much more than that. These people will write anything, say anything to keep that Globalist ball rolling, no matter how much the American people have to pay for it. And pay for they do with an internationalist trading system that is increasingly staked against them. Does it matter to people like Zakaria that 'free' trade exists only within the borders of the United States? I thought his article just another left-wing screed until I got to the part where he envisions the Chicoms as one day taking up the "mantle" of world leadership from the US. Then, I began to wonder how many more Fareed's there are in the US.
    Dave

  • Posted By: Lookin'up @ 12/14/2007 1:17:50 PM

    Comment: The current admistration has made its share of mistakes but pursuing and attempting to eliminate fundamental terrorists is the right call...check out www.obsessionthemovie.com and you decide! The liberal minds can't seem to get their brains around the fact that the terrorists simply want us to convert to their brand of faith or die.

  • Posted By: wilsan @ 12/14/2007 1:16:32 PM

    Comment: This conservative long-time Republican thinks Mr. Zakaria has written an 'right on the mark' (thanks pinkpanther) commentary. i don't agree with everything, even don't like some of it. But in the full analysis it sure it sure rings true and clearly presents a picture of the present, and future trends, that we Americans really need to incorporate into our strategic planning. If one "follows the money", it leads to China... India... and South America. In 30 years that is where a large increase in human activity will be taking place. America needs to be positioned to be a part of that, and provide leadership by example.

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 13:24:51

      Comment: the remark "right on" did not refere to the author, and GOP im not, but as you said some of what the writter of the comment i responded to said has some weight. i could care less as long as we start to care for ourselves, so we can once again lead the world by example, not my way or the highway

  • Posted By: Lookin'up @ 12/14/2007 1:12:52 PM

    Comment: ?

  • Posted By: NKOWA @ 12/14/2007 1:08:11 PM

    Comment: Oops, sorry for blowing up your country, we thought you had WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION..

    If Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destructions any more than it had a fresh water supply, then, why are we still there, when will we leave, what are we controlling, who are we helping?

    If you know any of these answers,
    please contact me immediately at: george@whitehouse.gov

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 14:06:37

      Comment: one reason we are there is a sad one cause we lost 4 TONS of RX explosives, and claim Iran is suppling them, when its them going to there stash and taking more to use against us. Has any one stated we found the missing 4 TONS of explosives cause the news channel that aired it, is still under a gag order?

  • Posted By: Harriet The Spy @ 12/14/2007 12:50:43 PM

    Comment: What is there in the "new world order" of globalization that average Americans should find attractive, compelling or comforting? Americans see their jobs going overseas in a constant, steady stream. They see that any increase in the GDP will go, not into their paychecks or increases in their benefits, not into fixing the transportation system or the schools, but into the gated communities of those who are already rich and well-connected. Meanwhile, we're supposed to welcom with open arms an avalanche of poor, desperate people fleeing Latin America, who will work for nothing in order to put bread on the table. Then there are the Europeans, who still don't realize that the taxes which we pay to support our military protects THEM, thereby allowing them the luxury of cradle-to-grave social benefits most Americans would die for. And then there are the religious fanatics of the Muslim world, largely comprised of men whose masculinity is so challenged that they can't stand to see a woman walk down the street unless she's encased in a black sack. Let's not forget the "humanitarian crisis of the week "in Africa (there have been so many one losses track...Biafra...Rawanda...Sierra Leone...Angola...Darfur...and on, and on, and on...

    Most Americans would be very happy if the rest of the world would stay were they are, take responsibility for getting their own societies up to the level of the 19th century, and leave us alone. There's nothing in globilization for me and mine except getting unemployed, getting ripped off, or getting shot at.

    • Posted By: nycanon @ 12/14/2007 13:12:34

      Comment: "Most Americans would be very happy if the rest of the world would stay were they are, take responsibility for getting their own societies up to the level of the 19th century, and leave us alone"
      History has shown that people will move where the best opportunites are, sometimes at the expense of the local population. Just ask the Native Americans.

      • Posted By: Harriet The Spy @ 12/14/2007 14:28:15

        Comment: Fine with me if the Mexicans, Guatamalans, and Columbians decide to go to India or China. That's where all the jobs are anyway. Let's see how welcoming those societies are when they're invaded the way we've been invaded.

        • Posted By: IndAm @ 12/15/2007 23:18:37

          Comment: Harry, don't you worry. They will go to India and China. You can enjoy your back yard freely by cleaning your roads, building your own dilapidated buildings and cleaning tables with left over BigMacs.

          They came in droves, just you provided them opportunity (or some leftovers). Just stop them, by exporting the opportunities to China and India (that is what your corporations like MS, IBM, Dell, Sun, etc etc are hell bent on implementing). America is getting filled with "intelligentsia" like you. May God is "blessing" to bless the rest of the world. Is itn't?

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 13:10:45

      Comment: to right, but you ommitted the religious fanatics from here, in the Christian sect, who runs the show today!
      Like Bush who told the Pope "I have spoken to a higher source, and he told me to invade" after the Pope stated, not to invade Iraq.

      • Posted By: wilsan @ 12/14/2007 13:24:38

        Comment: pinkpanther. Perhaps I'm being a little here, but...

        Christianity is not a sect. It is the major Religion of the world, that over millinia has defined the Western World's definition of what is Good and what is Bad. Is Christianity perfect? Nope, of course not - And that is what it is all about. We Christians try to improve ourselves to a higher standard of Good, knowing that we are starting off at a disadvantage.

        So, poke your fun if you will, but don't get confused with the idea of a 'sect'... Verses what is arguably the most profound impact in Western History.

        • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 13:38:20

          Comment: Again sorry for the word sect i was trying to seperate those who, from those who are not. as those who are not are good people, those who are not arn't. im trying to seperate fanatic, from the ones who are not, as you are two very different followers and i do not want to lump all into one term, sorry

        • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 13:32:58

          Comment: im in not way making fun of it and im sorry for the word "Sect" but my point is every religion has its fanatics and GW is one of those and more are running. thats all, sorry if i offended it was not my intention

          • Posted By: wilsan @ 12/14/2007 13:54:56

            Comment: pinkpanther, no problem. As you explain, we in fact do have sects in Christianity. That's History! I am enjoying your commentary... Conservative that I am. Thanks. And now I gotta go Christmas shopping. Bummer.

  • Posted By: Justmethinking @ 12/14/2007 12:35:34 PM

    Comment: The 'author' of this article is a bigot and an idiot.

  • Posted By: ERNESTK @ 12/14/2007 12:30:33 PM

    Comment: IF WE CONSIDER OBJECTIVELY THE HISTORY OF EMPIRES, AND THE U.S.A. IS AN EMPIRE, THERE'S ONE COMMON THREAD THAT BINDS THEM AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY ALL DOMINATED THE GLOBE MILITARILY , ECONOMICALLY AND SUCH, BUT IT'S THAT THEY ALL MET THEIR DEMISE AS A RESULT OF THE ARROGANCE, THE DISREGARD AND THE IMPUNITY EMPIRES BEGIN TO OPERATE WITH.
    AS SCARY AS IT IS, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF "DUBBYA" U.S.A. HAS DEMONSTRATED THESE TRAITS MORE THAN EVER. EVEN TOWARDS IT OWN CITIZENS, NATURAL BORN AMERICAN, UNDER THE DISGUISE OF PROTECTION HAS BEEN SUBJUGATED TO THE "PATRIOT ACT" AN ACT THAT IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH SOME OF OUR MOST BASIC RIGHTS AND MOST REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS AS NATURAL BORN CITIZENS.
    IN THE LAST 7 YEARS WE HAVE MANAGED TO DESIMATE PRACTICALLY EVERY MEANINGFUL FOREIGN RELATIONSHIP WE'VE SPENT THE LAST DECADE FOREGING. "AMERICA NEEDS TO REFOCUS HER FOREIGN POLICY" NOW THOSE ARE THE TRUEST WORDS I'VE HEARD TODAY
    ERNEST IN ROCKFORD IL

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 12:36:38

      Comment: your right on the mark

      • Posted By: dweiskir @ 12/15/2007 17:24:24

        Comment: You're missing one of the major elements of an empire; they exist to expand, i.e The Roman Empire, the British Empire. The United States does not gobble up nations into an Empire. The United States, when it invades, pumps billions of dollars into a country to help it improve itself, set up its own government, and r