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Originally posted by RawAlex@Mar 1 2003, 11:29 AM
Vick, one of the things Americans have not had to be in a long time is scared. Since the end of the cold war, the falling of the Berlin Wall, there has not been an enemy that could harm America directly.
9/11 changed that.
In a weird way, non-super power countries always feel that fear... that they could be victims of an attack, a war...
Alex
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Alex, the difference between super powers and not super powers is what super powers can do about to dissipate the fear...
super powers eliminate the source of fear,
while not superpowers only wish they could