Reply #2: Funny how our sole superpower status is beginning to evaporate

[Thurston Howell IV]

A couple of years ago, a couple of Ivy League intellectuals proclaimed decades of unchallenged US power in world affairs. In just a few short years, one can easily see that we will face increasing competition from China.

The Nation magazine's cover article for this week is about the rising power of the European Union.

With Bush pissing away the economic power of the US in 4 short years, we can begin to see that we will be forced to have a more humble foreign policy in the years ahead. But not before Bush screws things up some more.