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VDH: Decline? What decline?
. . . After the collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1991, America proclaimed itself at the “end of history” — meaning that the spread of our style of democratic capitalism was now inevitable. Now a mere 16 years later, some are just as sure we approach our own end.

But our rivals are weaker and America is far stronger than many think. . . .

Go read it all. It's VDH, so you know it's good.
Posted by: Mike 2007-05-24
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=189138