LH, did you ever stop to think that perhaps it's the other way around? If the US had ever been intereseted in world domination it would have already happened. Global poilitcs is so complicated and dominated by interlocking international interests that it makes your state look farcical, because it IS farcical.

To the question at hand: The above statement, not withstanding, I will not fly again until there are big changes in the way security is conducted. My last couple of trips across the country, I drove and what a joy. I can stop whenever I want, get out and stretch my legs, view interesting features of the countryside which cannot even be guessed at from 30,000 feet, eat complete meals if I want, listen to MY music, not theirs and not have to cramp my 6'2" frame into a chair made for 5'6" people. I don't have people sitting behind me hacking and coughing with God-knows-what kind of infection and the cost in dollars is actually less than flying. And at my age I don't "hafta be on time to anything" (so far!). Best of all I don't have to be felt up as though I were a common criminal by some highschool dropout of questionable sexual intent. No thanks to air travel.