Spoiled Children - Childlike Expectations

Below is a fascinating article by Victor Davis Hanson that accurately details the dependency and expectations demanded by the rest of the world on the United States. How we assumed this degree of responsibility is a long and complicated story, but its time paramaters are set. No one can carry the ball for the entire planet. There will always be extremely difficult decisions to be made resulting in bitterness from those not in on the winning hand.

January 15, 2007

Global Schizophrenia
by Victor Davis Hanson - Tribune Media Services

When it comes to intervening in international affairs, the United States is damned when it does and damned when it doesn't. Critics of U.S. policy are always quick to pounce — and in this age of globalization, they're only getting more impatient.

http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson011507.html