The Fearful Superpower

Ron Paul is the ONLY candidatem, Republican or Democrat, who is not fearmongering and tells Americans that we don't have to be fearful of a nuclear Iran. Why do you continue to ignore him??

You no nothing about missle defence. You are talking about missle defense systems of the 1960's. Our missle defence is not just NORAD Our missle defense systems are far more sophisticated now than they were ten years ago. How long ago did you serve in the army. I question that you are an ex-marine. You could have proved that you had knowledge in missle defense systems without mentioning you were an ex-marine. Even the fact that you used the word ex-marine, sounds fishy to me.

WHY are we scared? EASY "How do we rule the world on our buck, while trying to make it, seem, like your just running your own country, to it's own people" not an easy task but GW pulled it off , and as long as we interfere Iraq will only be the first of many attempted invasions.

SO YOU ASK AMERICANS ABOUT BUSH, YOU PROSPERED DURING BUSH, AMERICANS DID NOT

China alrady bought our debt, India [no ill intentions] took our work well not took was given i should say and i know many Americans who would love to work but for a living wage no Burger King. Russia is aour or Bush fault as we PROMISED them we would help remove and have not lifted a finger hence why they withdrew back into themselves. As an Ex-Marine i know our missle defence is a myth its there but has proven not to target to well as the guidence system was made in Tiwian> Central park was dangerous on 9/10 and 9/12 nothing changed. worry about them comming in from Mexico well as of 79-89 they were allowed to move freely to and from the USA as Bin_Lauden was pro-American to the point of us giving them stingers in the early 80s to help the rebels [Al-Queda and many more ] to bankrupt the Russian gov IT WORKED and NOW WE THINK WE CAN DO IT AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE SINKING! Why attack us here when we are damaging ourselves over there, and where is OsamaBin-WHO??? TRUTH YES IM SCARED TO DEATH WITH BUSH IN TOTAL CONTROL OF OVER 2000 500MEGATON NUCLEAR WAR HEADS PLUSS MANY MANY OTHERS AS WE DON'T AND NEVER HAVE DISARMED AS AGREED! THE WORLD HAS TO COMBINE TO EQUAL OUR NUCLEAR ARSONEL! CHINA CAN AS, THEY DON'T SPEND CLOSE TO WHAT WE DO ON DEFENCE. CLOSE BASES AND MILITARY MEDICAL CENTERS WITH 40,000+ WOUNDED COMMING IN BRILLIANT,NOT! I AM EX-MARINE YA EX CAUSE OUR BORDERS BREACHED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY OR LIKE WE INVADED IRAQ!! I AM TERRORIST, AND WOULD AND COULD MAKE LAUDEN LOOK LIKE TINKER-BELL!! WHAT YOU GOING TO DO??? THE BEST AWARNESS IS TO KEEP SAUDIES OUT, AS IT WAS ,THEY, WHO TOOK THE WTC, AND EVERYBODY IN THE ENTIRE MIDDLE-EAST DANCED IN THE STREETS, EVEN THE ISRAELI AND IRAQUI ALIKE ALL DANCED ON THAT DAY, AND WE STILL BLEED! MORE AMERICAN THAN YOU SIR!! I NO LONGER BELIEVE OR TRUST ANYONE NOT EVEN OURSELVES!

To eddiewhere: Give Bush credit? Yes, credit for wrong direction. Remember, 9/11 attack came when Bush was in charge. Only after the disaster, Bush paid some attention. I wouldn't give too mush credit for that. Almost anybody can do job like that. Even eddiewhere might be able to do it.

The media puts fear in the minds of people......Fear of global warming, fear of the bird flu, fear of terrorists also, fear of economy, fear of US dollar, fear of Muslims, fear of oil crisis, should I go on???????

The media and no other source has brought us to this point of fear. Fear of the bird flu, fear of global warming, fear this, fear that. I've quit taking anything seriously from any source. Thank you very much.

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.

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.

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Stopandthink: I wish to heck we still had traditional live-and-let-live conservatives: from Iraq to Guantanamo to immigration, today's Republican leaders are almost all appealing to fear, ignorance, and stereotyping of the whole rest of the world. The casual, happy discussion of torture and reliance on war at the drop of a hat would be horrifying to most traditional philosophical conservatives, and is un-American in the deepest sense: people around the world look at us and think we've lost our minds. (And they're right.)

Where among the Republican candidates do you see anything like a real strategy for helping America to be viewed as the positive force it was for generations? Who is saying anything that could actually lead us to a "safe and peaceful world" in our lifetimes or those of our children? Where in the Republican base do you see an interest in such a strategy? We've lost something precious and irreplaceable, and today's Republican party seems to think that it either doesn't matter (who cares what the world thinks, we can and should do exactly what we want, no matter what) or can be fixed by just hiring the right public relations person. (With Karen Hughes gone, we've just picked James Glassman to represent us in the Islamic world -- the guy best known for writing that brilliant, prescient book "Dow 36,000.")

Zakaria has nailed it. He is one of our few really thoughtful press commentators. I find him both moderate and hopeful. A coalition built around his ideas could really help fix this country. Personally, I'm far less hopeful. With the dollar collapsing, nations worldwide losing billions because they invested in U.S. based debt, the U.S. military in shambles, and our respect in the world gone (watch the global warming meetings in Bali if you doubt it), America is on the verge of a major loss in power. It will affect all of us in our pocketbooks and it will be visible to even the most provincial. Given the level of ignorance in this country about what's going on in the world, we are in danger of an explosion in blame, nativism, and hatred in response. All you have to do is listen to Michael Savage, Lou Dobbs, et al, to see it coming. It will not be "liberals" who these folks' followers choose to elect. When powerful nations fall victim to fear, some very ugly things can happen.

It is very sad state of union. People like Rudy Giuliani, who is married 3 times and was doing sexual adventure while in the office, is a leading candidate for the President. And so called a leader of right wing christian movement, Pat Robertson, is endorsing the immoral, corrupt person like Giuliani.
What a joke!

Wow, another great generalized article by those "impeccable" journalists at Newsweek. Please people, wake up. I wonder what special interest group or country this so called journalist is funded by. Oh yeah, forget the BILLIONS of dollars the U.S. Government gives in aid to so many other countries. Wasn't America just named the most generous country in the world? Sorry, I forgot, the thought-police at Newsweek say America is bad and afraid. It must be true. I live overseas and see the blatant corruption, poverty and lack of infrastructure that still plague many parts of this world. The difference is America is one of the last countries willing to sacrifice people, capital and time into helping other parts of the globe. The real cowards are those who expect America to be the world police and then turn around and lecture as if they know better. Just like Mr. Zakaria. Bravo.