Re: Tyrannies
<the threat of American armed force is the only thing restraining many tyrannies now. Certainly this was true during the Cold War.
During the Cold War, there was the Soviet armed force that restrained Hungary and Tchechoslovakia from getting more freedom.
The only thing restraining tyrannies are their own tyrannical governments, not the US.
Look at Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Lybia, etc... None of those countries can afford to project their tyranny away from their borders and their power is limited to their own countries. What can they do about the US?
Raoul