Greatness is in the eye of the beholder.
I certainly think the degree to which America is self centred is unsurpassed. We all know Bush went to Iraq to keep the arms manufacturers that sponsor him happy & for oil. Time & time again The UAS exploits countries for it's own ends with it's economic pseudo colonialism.
Is this the policy of a great nation...
http://home.iprimus.com.au/korob/fdtcards/Cards_Index.html
A nation that is the biggest producer of polutants per capita & who's multi national corps keep down the populations of the countries where they employ slaves.
http://www.doublestandards.org/multi.html
America a great country = BS
America a controlling powerful one is all you can say.
However the American empire is diminishing as Bush borrows & spends trillions to keep his sponsors happy...
"Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate Democrats, called attention to President Bush’s borrowing practices during a press conference this week. "The seriousness of this rapid and increasing financial vulnerability of our country can hardly be overstated," said Representative John Tanner, a leader of Blue Dog. He supported his claim with evidence provided by the Treasury Department: the first 42 U.S. presidents borrowed a combined 1.01 trillion dollars from foreign governments and financial institutions. But, in the past four years alone, the Bush administration borrowed 40 billion dollars more than that, for a grand total of 1.05 trillion dollars. “No American political leadership has ever willfully and deliberately mortgaged our country to foreign interests in the manner we have witnessed over the past four years," said Tanner.
Earlier this year, the Blue Dog Coalition revealed its 12-step plan to end the United States’ "addiction to deficit spending." It requires all federal agencies to submit to and pass audits, to balance their budgets, and to create emergency funds specifically for use during natural disasters. John Tanner ended with a warning for his audience, "If this recklessness is not stopped, I truly believe our economic freedom as American citizens is in great jeopardy."