So here is the problem...how does the rest if the world deal with a rogue state?

[BlueStreak]

93. This is the "New World Order" Bush I talked about. Nobody understood him. Most still don't get it.

America in 2013 is a bundle of contradictions.

1) We are a technology leader, and many of the technologies have led eventually to a better quality of live all over the world.

2) We are mostly a peaceful country interested in settling matters through diplomacy.

3) But when you look at our military interventions since WWII, most have not been for good reasons. I would have to think more about Korea. Kosovo was probably for good reasons, as was Libya. The others are mostly for bad reasons. So it is a mixed bag at best.

4) We have pushed the arming of the entire world. Some of that would have happened anyway because war seems to be the nature of humanity. But our society has largely become focused on projecting military power, and selling same to friends. Actually we don't limit it to friends. Anybody who has money to spend quickly becomes a friend.

5) We have always spied, but the magnitude of the recent activities is mind boggling. It truly is shocking the rest of the nations of the world. It is not just the Snowden info. The original Wikileaks package opened a lot of eyes around the world.

The upshot is that our friends must be starting to wonder if a real monster is developing. They must be wondering how much longer before it becomes completely out of control, if it is not there already. They must be wondering whether there is a day ahead when they will have to band together to plan strategies to keep the US in check. Maybe they are doing that already. Maybe that is why we are spying on them.