Originally Posted By: King Brown
It was more than the dollar and warriors that made the US a great power....

....I believe Obama's striving for solutions....

Mexico is a great power, in the mexican food culinary world. I was thinking super power.

I believe if someone's striving for something, they aren't quite there yet. Isn't your historical example a 'red line'? Didn't it involve some unwavering conviction and tangible reasons why the soviets feared disruption?

Do today's soviets fear disrupting anyone, anywhere, at any time?