America struggles with a huge national debt and with a war that appears to have no end. It is tangled in some kind of last ditch effort to make money, oodles of profits for the war mongers as the economy, without the war, would struggle for existence. No longer is America what it once was. It's not the largest industrial powerhouse, it's not the most powerful war machine anymore and little by little, with it's egocentric driven desires, it will wither away and look like an aged whore still walking the streets of Hollywood.

The idea we are saving the world from terrorists is ridiculous. There will always be terrorists as there will always be criminals. You cannot beat a people into submission. "War is a weapon of the weak" (Gandhi). War is an admittance of failure. This war is bringing the hatred of our country to a high pitch and will for several years afterwards, definitely, bring terrorism closer to the heartland.

If there ever were a danger, China could step up and quash the problem instantly. It now, is the keeper of the power. It has the key. It has the largest army in the world, it has the industrial strength both physically and monetarily to crush anyone. It has the population to march people, thousands at a time, into any battlefield on the planet. It's got a large nuclear arsenal and a wise old conscious.

However, they stand aside, watching Americans spend their last dollar on firefights that can't be won like a gambler on social security spending a weeks food money at the casino. They stand aside wringing their hands as the US plays some spoiled childs game with no end but disaster. The Chinese are in the drivers seat now. Just like we outspent Russia and beat them in the cold war, the Chinese are sitting back, patiently watching us fade under friendly fire.