The problem with "Agressive America" is not whether it's true or not, it's whether it is *Perceived* to be true. The Russians and Chinese have has 80+ & 50+ years of propaganda respectively, in the eyes of many of them , America IS aggressive because that is what they've grown up being taught and the propaganda has been spread (Speak softly and carry a big stick? Too many cannot hear the words but DO see the stick). The problem is that most Americans KNOW that their government would never use offensive nuclear weapons unless attacked, most westerners are fairly certain of that (unless the US electorate has a collective brain-storm and some of the real "loopies" get in), but the rest of the world can only *hope* it will never happen. This SDI must seem to many like building a fortress from which to attack and they fear being the target.

Is this making sense?

Walrus