<<The only thing he has done is make it clear to a lot of other people's that they must unite in opposition to a superpower which would use force rather arbitrarily in a conflict in which it had so little stake. >>
This "superpower" crap is pissing me off. There is no such thing. There is no room for this kind of mentality in the future. "Greater Germany", is an example. Whenever the idea of the "superpower" gets into people's heads, it inevitably leads to war, sooner or later. All "superpowers" of the world have degraded and ceased to exist, only because they thought they are invoulnerable. Rome, Greece, Germany, Soviet Union, etc.
Whenever, some character, like Senator McCane, comes on CNN and starts the crap, like "we are the superpower, therefore we have responsibilites and obligations in front of the world community", I turn red in anger.
Responsibilities, like what? Poking their dirty noses into affairs of the sovereign country around the world? The rest of the world doesn't want any "superpowers" to impose their opinion on them. And one day they get toghther and beat the shit out of the "superpower". Thats they way it is, and thats how it should be.
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