It is amazing how real this article gets to something I have been seeing since before 9/11 but has continued. The pettiness in this country is astounding while real issues never get the light of day. The fall of russia started with us helping Osma bin laden and others like him to drag out the war in Afghanistan until the USSR finally fell. Looking at the united states and how it bleeds from inside and resources are drained were not to far away. the above article speaks volumes.