"Confrontation" with "old" Europe, Russia and China is now being played out. These are the real threats to US global hegemony.
Forget about Afghanistan, North Korea and the backblocks that are not intrinsic to strategic economic control.
At leats the true nature of what is happening and the fundamental change in US aspirations is becoming understood. Mickey Rooney and Judy garland are the old face of decent America. Donald Rumsfeld and Ari Fleischer are the new faces of rapacious America.
