Iraq 'Uptick', Superpower 'Downtick'?
by Tom Engelhardt

"In the meantime, regional blocs are threatening to arise – and the threat they pose lies not in the military sphere at all but in the economic one. And, oh yes, our deficit soars; the trade imbalance grows by the second; the price of gas rises; the dollar grows ever shakier against the euro; the stock market shudders; and a question is beginning to arise in various global minds: Is America going broke?" -Article suggested by Alison to webfolks@mvvp.org

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