And trust me when I say, we do have one of the strongest militaries around, only others that have a big of one is england, britain, and the isralies.
On a sidenote england and britain are the same country. Im pretty sure the pecking order is China, America, England, Israel, Australia, Canada etc.. not positive as to Australia and Canada but they are essentially America's little brothers' anyway. (Being kind of ironic since Canada was a french settlement and Australia the British island prison.)

Nebulus, sorry but you need to step outside. Thanks to global media the politicians can completely ignore what people think. (They did in florida). It is no longer the role of citizens to be active, to operate the citizens must be complacent outsiders only observing what They do to us. The government has long been separate from the normal citizenry and no one has noticed that it was not meant that way. The government is supposed to be an active body that supports the will of the American people. It is supposed to be the head, while the people are the body. Unfortunately it seems that the Government has become a conveyer belt, and only needs us so that it can appear useful.