IT does seem odd that, after the fall of communism the hoped for peace dividend has evaporated.
Now we have Islamic extremism and more surprisingly the return of the Russian bear, its as if the old European balance of power politics from the 19th century are returning.
But at least we have one thing, unlike the 19th century, Britain France and Germany (or Prussia) are not going to war, thank goodness for European co-operation.
But back to the thread:
Whoever gets in, I just hope that they are less go alone than Bush and Cheney. The world needs international collaboration and the USA needs to become the moral world leader it was after the war.
America is the worlds largest democracy, and needs to lead the world again by showing how democracy and a free society can answer the world's problems better than any other system.
