Seems to be making a valid point. But isn't it in a very narrow fashion? To me it seems to a problem of power corrupting. Any country trying to aim for economic might, will tend to bend rules to achieve certain goals. Friedman makes it seem as if the US is in the best position to handle economic might and power since they have been in this seat for so long.
[NYT - Friedman] --- So, yes, we're not so popular in Europe and Asia anymore. I guess they would prefer a world in which America was weaker, where leaders with the values of Vladimir Putin and Thabo Mbeki had a greater say, and where the desperate voices for change in Zimbabwe would, well, just shut up.
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