John Samford:
i wish we win, but in reality
we are not wining, we lose((

we lost eastern europe, we lost Caspian region
we lost Iran in 1979 and so far it is not coming back
we lost afganistan
we lost Africa
we lost almost all latin america
we lost western europe effectively
we are about to be attacked at home again
well, our economy is under attack rioght now and our politics is in crisis in choice between 2 evils

this is basic reading on important subjects if you want to overcome wishful thinking:

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/douglass/2004/0330.html

http://www.jrnyquist.com/cibulka_2004_0816.htm

this is what i think personaly:

http://xyu.livejournal.com/650192.html