the outcome of the election

[Occhidiangela]

Well... much of the world hated the leadership of America, [right][snapback]59107[/snapback][/right]

That resentment predates President Bush by about 50 years. Try about 1950, just after the UN was formed. Heck, try earlier . . . just pick your pundit carefully!

The non-aligned movement, which later became known as the Third World . . . has been alive and whining for a long time.

As to your economic predictions, you may be right. Don't know. I do know that the status quo of two years ago and two years hence will be different, and that the world economic situation, continualy changes. We just all tend to get wealthier when there is a Pax Americana, Pax Britannia, Pax Council of Vienna, what have you, that keeps conflict down to a dull roar.

Occhi