Menace

[supergee]

What people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.

--Michele Bachmann

Thanx to Shakesville

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[necturus]

...the rise of the Soviet Union...

Wishful thinking, I suspect. The right feels lost without a Communist menace; al-Qaeda is a poor substitute, especially with Helmuth Gharlane Osama bin Laden dead.