The Fearful Superpower

To pinkpanther: you are saying that a technological attack from China or a destablized Russian nuclear arsernal should be of no concern, Instead you point out that Bush is the real threat. It is obvious you are not AMERICAN. You know nothing of our missle defense sytems. We actually have moving defense systems. Believe me when I tell you we can shoot down anything the enemy has to offer. We as Americans will not be caught with our guards down again, ;you should give Bush some credit. There has not been one attack on the U.S. since 9/11. AWARENESS has a lot to do with that fact. Ask India about Bush.

To pinkpanther: you are saying that a technological attack from China or a destablized Russian nuclear arsernal should be of no concern, Instead you point out that Bush is the real threat. It is obvious you are not AMERICAN. You know nothing of our missle defense sytems. We actually have moving defense systems. Believe me when I tell you we can shoot down anything the enemy has to offer. We as Americans will not be caught with our guards down again, ;you should give Bush some credit. There has not been one attack on the U.S. since 9/11. AWARENESS has a lot to do with that fact. Ask India about Bush.

The posts from conservatives... are to be expected. It's the same blind-sited narrow minded, refuse to accept that America IS NOT the only country out there attitude that is crippling our nation. If you have been to China, then you know the global attitude towards America is brewing with hate and disgust... which WILL come back to bite us in our.... We need to realize that we can't just ride into every country on a horse with our cowboy boots and guns and say "settle down ...the laws here now" in a Texas accent (as every little cowboy fantasizes about). We need to realize that our actions affect the entire world and start taking that into consideration. It is only a matter of time before Asia, the EU, or the rest of the world come back and put America in its place and say... NO you're NOT going war... and be strong enough to actually stand by its remarks.

And as for global warming.... I was very sad to see that that ignorant remark was made today. It's a comment I expected to see made about 10 years ago... but then again that???s a conservative for you. How can ANYONE refuse to acknowledge global warming and make a joke of it!? Or do you prefer just to ignore the already disastrous effects like Katrina, the animals endangered because lack of food from warmer waters, the towns destroyed from tsunamis, and the melting of ice around the world that is ruining habitats for cold and warm weathered animals? All of this is just a knock on the door from global warming and all conservatives want to do is act like no ones home. Well guess what.. global warming isn't going to wait.

Hopefully America can repair its tainted image and actually come together with other nations (they really do want to help us!!) instead of being stubbornly ignorant and refusing to adapt to the new world. You know what happens to a species that doesn???t adapt? ???.. It dies out.

This article is the biggest waste of cyberspace I've ever seen. All America has done over the last one hundred years is protect and save the "WORLD." If that can be compared to a "caged animal" then so be it. Let me see, Iraqis now have FREEDOM, Muslims are not being exterminated in Croatia, and the Somalis aren't starving in Somalia (at least when the Americans were there). South Korea can call itself a country because Americans are on the 38th parallel. I could go on and on but why bother. I don't see how what we have done and are doing in the world is synonymous with being afraid. "I would rather you just Thank You and went on your way."

I take issue with the point that it is not Dubya's fault because he has contributed to it with his "My way or the HIghway" atitude to the rest of the world. He is like a spoiled child who likes those who agree with him but when others disagree then it is alway he who is right and everyone else is wrong. Invading Afghanistan was right, invading Iraq was wrong. If he is such a tough guy and strong leader, why did he purse the weakest link by a long shot in his Axis of Evil? Anyone could have taken out a 4th rate dictator like Saddam. He lied about WMD, he suppports torture while criticizing others for doing similar things because he chooses to define what he does as intelligence gathering. No one likes a hypocrite. Now the Repub candidates are running as Dubya clones, all trying to outdo the others with their religiousity while saying nothing about real issues like hunger in the US, medical insurance costs, the environment, and ending the war. there well may have been a reputation problem for the US in the world pre Dubya but he has exacerbated it several times over in the last 7 years. We can only hope for a change come 11-08.

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

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.

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.

Yet again surprised by Newsweek's endless run to the hills mentality. Americans are not afraid of the new world, Americans are concerned about 10 million suicidal muslims. 9/11 WAS NOT the equivalent of gas station robbery. It was planned and plotted for years. Every federal agency failed us, two administrations over looked the gun aimed at our heads and 3000 people were murdered. I am frankly shocked at how many of you refuse to admit that there are serial killers for a religion living amongst us - just because you can't get over the fact the Gore LOST.

The strategy of most Conservative these days is to blindly support all proposals from Republicans and oppose all proposals by the Democrats. Anaylzing any proposal on merit is dead. If tomorrow Bush admits to significant Global warming, conservatives will change their mind too. In that sense, Liberals are a lot more 'free' to think for themselves.

To those who think Hillary or Obama will be America's savior, I have news for you. Obama has nill foreign policy experience. Living overseas during his childhood does not equip him with the knowledge necessary to deal with the world, regardless of many times he says it. And Hillary, well I don't have enough time remaining in my life to inform you of how bad she HAS BEEN or would CONTINUE TO BE bad for America. For starters, Americans seem to have short memories. It was her philandering husband who all but handed over nuclear secrets from Los Alamos to the Chinese. Short of gift wrap, his minions handed over secrets that will only help propel (no pun intended) Chinese ballistic missile technology for years to come. Sandy Berger's theft from the National Archives of secret documents around the time the 9/11 commission was investigating is a bit of a concern. And this may be trivial to some, but doesn't anyone remember when the first Clinton administration left the White House, only to remove (read 'STEAL') all of the furniture and paintings, and spray painted the walls like an Arkansas trailer? No? Don't remember that? What short memories Americans have. Well, I didn't forget and I'm hopeful at least 51% of all voting Americans remember come Nov. 2008.

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