 | 'America, meanwhile, remains the leading economic and military power, but its economy is staggering under a massive $900 billion deficit, 7% of gross domestic product, and the disastrous war in Iraq has shattered our confidence in America's self-professed role as a global policeman. When they toppled Saddam Hussein, it was supposed to show the world that America ruled all, with its smart weapons and skill at electronic warfare. It did precisely the opposite, demonstrating just how weak America really is. The result, in actual fact, is that one largely defenceless Middle Eastern country has tied down the world's only superpower.' Iain MacWhirter in the Sunday Herald, 29 th May 2005. |  |
