It sounds like a bunch of whining little kids on the playground. China and Russia have been around more than twice as long as the U.S. but the U.S. can kick their butts any day of the week when it comes to military technology. It all boils down to jealousy on the parts of international critics and a lack of an independant identity on the part of domestic critics of the shootdown effort. As long as the world would like us, there is almost no concession they wouldn't make. They hated Ronald Reagan with a passion, but Reagan didn't win the cold war by selling out American power and independance in the name of making friends with weaker countries. He showed his strength, he stood his ground, and he won. They aren't going to like us, either way. Let's just show them a little more of what we can do should they ever decide to get a little too rambunctious.
