>Chris mentioned that the United States has had a stable government for more than 200 years. Unfortunately, most countries can't boast this of themselves.
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>One of my favorite authors says - I think it was in the book "Starship Troopers", that the question is not whether this sort of thing can happen or not, but what is done to prevent it. Possibly, enough is done in the United States to prevent it - I don't know enough to be sure.
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>Hilmar.

Hilmar;

It took this nation about 224 years to build alliances through diplomacy and our latest administration about two years to dissolve important elements of what had been accomplished.

Tom