The rest of the world realizes that pursuing military dominance at the expense of far more pressing needs is sheer folly but in the good ol USA, where fear and strident militarism are strange twins, this obvious fact will never be acknowledeged . That 3:00 a.m. phone call will not be about a terror attack, but the upcoming economic meltdown that is so clearly on it's way. Will we react in a maure and responsible way or threaten mankind with destruction if they don't bail us out?