So what happens to the Middle East if they actually run out of oil and/or there is a breakthrough in alternative fuels? Maybe the burgeoning countries will do well to ween themselves off of the monarchies that are funded by these petro-dollars. Can Iraq actually be the future centerpiece in the ME once again if this scenario holds true?
The ultimate goal of the Vietnam war was to stop the spread of communism in SE Asia. Guess what? It worked.
As for the attempts on Castro's life? Let's just say that he has the Kennedy's in his corner. For over 10 years, you can celebrate Christmas in Cuba, go there on vacation and spend US dollars. Let's be real Castro was castrated when the USSR went bankrupt. Least we can do, is let them gradually switch back from the extreme, lest the Las Vegas Mafia moves back to Havana. The Yankees should've let him play baseball ;)
As to other wars, What is better, US, Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, USSR? Let's be honest here. The only thing the US is guilty of is being the most genteel on this list (and that's a good thing).
Remember, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" - Lord Acton.
The strength of America is not so much in her democracy (she is the Republic of the United States of America after all) as in her separation of powers (it was her winning General George Washington from the Revolutionary War that turned down being crowned the new King of New England).
"Those that cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it." - George Santanyana
So what happens to the Middle East if they actually run out of oil and/or there is a breakthrough in alternative fuels? Maybe the burgeoning countries will do well to ween themselves off of the monarchies that are funded by these petro-dollars. Can Iraq actually be the future centerpiece in the ME once again if this scenario holds true?
The ultimate goal of the Vietnam war was to stop the spread of communism in SE Asia. Guess what? It worked.
As for the attempts on Castro's life? Let's just say that he has the Kennedy's in his corner. For over 10 years, you can celebrate Christmas in Cuba, go there on vacation and spend US dollars. Let's be real Castro was castrated when the USSR went bankrupt. Least we can do, is let them gradually switch back from the extreme, lest the Las Vegas Mafia moves back to Havana. The Yankees should've let him play baseball ;)
As to other wars, What is better, US, Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, USSR? Let's be honest here. The only thing the US is guilty of is being the most genteel on this list (and that's a good thing).
Remember, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" - Lord Acton.
The strength of America is not so much in her democracy (she is the Republic of the United States of America after all) as in her separation of powers (it was her winning General George Washington from the Revolutionary War that turned down being crowned the new King of New England).
"Those that cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it." - George Santanyana