I was abroad in an south east Asian country when the Sept the 11th attacks happened. I was shocked that there was a general view was America had it coming - ha

I was abroad in an south east Asian country when the Sept the 11th attacks happened. I was shocked that there was a general view was America had it coming - having to take a bit of their own medicine after behaving like an arrogant bully. That was almost 20 years ago, before all the endless wars in the middle east. The decline started way before that - something you could perhaps lay at Kissinger's and politicians of his ilks door.