Ridding Oneself of One's Empire (gracefully)

ITS TIME TO WRITE ABOUT  the russians again, as it is from time to time, when they, seeing nothing about russia in THE TRUTHLESS RECONCILER, stop logging on. Otherwise, they (the russians) seem to get a kick out of all the criticsm of the united states herein.

Back in the nineteen eighties and nineteen seventies futuristic science fiction writers wrote about the soviet union in the twenty first and twenty second centuries, and the animosity and warfare between the communist soviet union, and the capitalistic democratic united states.

well, how could they possibly have known...let's face it, most predictions about the future, literary and otherwise, suck.

alttogether, ths russians ridded themselves of their empire rather gracefully, as did the english a century before. OH, soviet ruler yeltsin was held hostage in his office by military renegades for a few hours, but, other than that, it was a pretty smooth transition.

the british deftly handed the baton to the united states, beginning at the end of world war one, and culminating with the end of world war two.

 now, its america's turn. america's turn to gracefully rid itself of its empire, due to bankruptcy and inability to afford same. yes, russia and great britain were a tad sluggish, reluctant, prideful about withdrawing from conquered territories. but, by god, when push came to shove, and it had to be done, they got 'er done, relatively gracefully at that.

and even now, the united states is showing the same tendency; the tendency to pretend that there is no empire, but, that if there is, there is certainly no reason to eliminate it. think again.