The United States has been under attack by it's enemies and by many of our
so-called friends for far more than 20 years. These attacks come in a
variety of different modes. There was an excellent British essay after the
9/11 attack that praised the US for not retaliating in the massive way it
could have given the extreme provocation. The world is fearful of the US
because they now realize that we will defend our interests and those who do
us harm are vulnerable. A great deal of anti-US terrorism has been directly
and indirectly sponsored by governments that purport to be our friends.
Everyone has their limits of tolerance and ours are being tested right now.
I wish this list could focus more on photography. /jim
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This is exactly the kind of intellectually sounding crap those Wolfofeld
hawks use to make US citizens paranoid, and to convince US citizens of an
over-agressive international policy. Interestingly, hardly anyone believes
this outside the US, as shown in the recent polls that show even traditional
US partners think the US is the main threat to world stability. Considering
the 180 degree turn from main friend to main threat in 20 years, that's
saying a lot.
I had to get this off my chest.
Peter.
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