Reply #1: I've long enjoyed reading Eric Margolis, thanks for posting this.

[scarletwoman]

I don't always agree with him, but I've always considered him to be intellectually honest.

I really appreciate the end of his piece: "Many Western Europeans are starting to long for the Cold War days and old bi-polar world order.

No one loves Russia, but many Europeans say a strong Russia -- and China -- are necessary to restrain some of America's more overly assertive or unwise instincts."

As an aging Baby Boomer, I have also found myself -- much to my shock and surprise -- longing "for the Cold War days and old bi-polar world order."

I emphatically do NOT want to be a citizen of an imperial military global hegemon.

sw

(voted to recommend)