Rob

Not really. You're saying that countries not only follow the U.S. into wars even if they're unjust, but that the stability of your entire financial system is based solely on how well U.S. companies are performing? The war in Iraq and Afghanistan would have happened regardless of who was the current POTUS. As far a Lehman Brothers, and the financial collapse...that was a collective fucking by the 1% of ALL countries, not just the U.S. It was an international coalition of rich assholes butt fucking the cash cow until it died. They got stinking rich while the other 99% got stuck with the bill.