Libya's Violent Rebellion & other ME revolutions

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Originally Posted by TexasSP

Come on, you know better than to pay attention to the media. They're all flash-bang and sensationalism and nothing more. I put little stock in media in general. It's always read between the lines and wondering what the rest of the story is in addition to the real story.

I'll address more a little later when not in a hurry.

Hey, but we still love each other right?!

The media are part of the strategic thinking for countries, politicians etc you can't escape that & that's the context I was using my comment. Whether you or I believe the media or not doesn't matter...it's the majority of the population that matters & unfortunately most of them will

Yes, of course we still love each other. Nothing wrong with spirited discussions

In many respects the world needs the US to take a more high brow approach to the changing world. If the US does lose it's standing there will be a power vacuum of sorts & that's definitely not in any Western countries interests - nor for the rest of the world

History shows all great empires ultimately tumble. If we consider the US a modern empire, a few more generations of stability would be nice!