I would not go into politics, Ebbie, if it were the last job on Earth, and I feel some sympathy (or perhaps empathy) for the brave souls who do. (Bankers, by the way, worry me more than politicians do.)

Yes, only a well-armed empire has that sort of power. You have to have huge material, military, and financial resources to hold power like that, and you also have to be pretty well organized...or someone better organized than you will soon bring you crashing down.

Most of these wars right now are, in my opinion, about oil, natural gas, and nuclear power...energy sources, in other words. Those energy sources are what fuel the vital machinery of both civil life and war. To call it a War on Terror is absurd. War itself is the primary instrument of terror.