Too High A Price?

News from an American point of view: an interesting article from the New York Times entitled Wars, Endless Wars.

Difficult times indeed for President Obama.

In all the hype about the damage done by post WWII American foreign policy to the rest of the world, it's easy to miss the wide ranging and massive damage it has done to American society itself.

Whether it itself be right or wrong, America's decision to safe-guard western democracy in a post-colonial world has come at a high price. A price that might be about to become to high even for a country as rich and powerful as America to pay.

And if it does, where will that leave the rest of us?