The Unfortunate State of the U.S. Today

I totally agree

So true.

The former dictator of Pakistan Zia-Ul-Haq had aptly described your feelings when he said "The higher you go, the harder the fall". The irony of it all is that he who had allowed or hankered for the execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, finally fell from the grace of his own people and came down with a 'thud' from the skies to rest at naught his aweful reign as one of the most dictators of Pakistan. Well, the state of US is not in such shambles as of now. It is true that wars waged abroad are telling on the status and economy of US as the super power that had wielded great power and influence till the terrorists turned their ire on the great nation. But, in my view, US will come out unscathed even after getting the terrorists made to run for their skin.

Wars that have started from recapture of Kuwait from the hands of then dictator Saddam and later the ousting of Taliban alongwith Laden followed by ouster of Saddam himself etc etc were only a prelude to the great war on terrorism. In a way, US could not have avoided such a confrontation as they were already in the bad books of some of the Middle-east countries including Iran. The great hostage crisis had forbode a warning that US had to be on the offensive against evil elements that were only waiting to pounce on the great nation. It cannot be even said that US could have evaded the present situation with its forces being engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq what to speak of the Iranian antagonism. Even by not routing the Taliban and Saddam, US could have been at the receiving end of terrorist elements that were alrealdy organized under Taliban and Ladan with the connivance of some other Islamic countries. The Sept.11 attacks were only the boiling point of antagonism by terrorists and the long drawn out battle on terrorism was only waiting to happen even if US had not involved in the rout of Taliban and Ladan with them.

What is to be lamented is that other world powers like Russia, China etc do not see eye to eye with the US, in the face of which the world stands divided in its fight against terrorists. Should this continue, then the world only needs to anticipate greater catastrophies that could put an end to at least in part if not the entire world.