Well, I kinda agree with Sawz on this one... The problem here is that the playing field isn't level and we have the US, the only country to ever launch a nuclear attack on another, being this "world super power" as a consequence... So when Bush gets up and does his "Axis of Evil" thing then any leader of the countries names scurry around trying to find a bat to protect themselves... That is human nature...

Being this bigass super power hasn't really worked for the US... By being the badass of the badasses it has allowed itself to become the world's cop... And what we're seeing is that it ain't cheap being the world's cop... It is bakruptin' our country a little bit at a time... Think ancient Rome here, if you like...

So yeah, if the playing filed were level then folks would have to sit down and discuss their differences... Right now, whoever has a nuke wins that discussion reagrdless of the merits of the other side... That certainly isn't working too well for an increasingly "tribalized" (as we're all part of the same bigass tribe) world...

B~