No one seriously imagines that peace can come to the Middle East without America.
Africa could produce and consume a lot more without America producing and consuming one jot less.
And Israel will need to prepare plans to strike Iran's nuclear installations without America's support.
As Ahmadinejad knows, we have a stark choice: a world without America, or one without Islamofascism.
But without America on side, the ICC stands little chance of bringing mass murderers to justice.
For his part, Barack Obama seems to have in mind bringing about a world without America in a geo-strategic sense.
It is hard to imagine that Saudi Arabia would have so grossly intruded into Pakistani affairs without America's approval, at least.
For we know that America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America.
Without America the Europeans will be left naked and defenseless, because except for Britain, they have no armed forces to speak of.
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Without America's support, it will be more difficult for President Uribe to fight against the forces that threaten Colombia's progress and stability.
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"I don't think there is any sense of delusion that the British position is that we would carry on operations in Afghanistan without America".
But what if Iran 's nuclear weapons were actually intended to bring about one of Ahmadinejad's other stated objectives: "a world without America "?
They've gotten an awful long way down the road on the wrong path without America and its allies in a unified way trying to change that.
Of course, Iran's regime seeks a world literally without America.
The creation of what Ahmadinejad called a world without America.
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And the truth is that nothing we strive for, from the world trade talks to global warming, to terrorism and Palestine can be solved without America, or without Europe.
Given Tehran's announced ambition to "wipe Israel off the map" and bring about "a world without America, " though, it was entirely predictable once such a skewed estimate was publicly released with the desired effect.
In words and deeds, we are showing the world that a new era of engagement has begun, for we know that America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America.
When combined with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's repeated threats to 'wipe Israel off the map' and bring about 'a world without America, ' we face the prospect that, in due course, the mullahs running Iran will have the means to carry out their apocalyptic intentions.
After all, should the Senate fail to object to this trajectory by rigorously debating and defeating any -- and preferably all -- of these problematic choices, its members risk not only allowing, but becoming party to, the realization of a world without America.
It is a move that was sure to please the North Koreans, showing them the respect they crave, without costing America anything.
As the experience of the past decade makes plain, European governments cannot keep the peace in the Balkans without taking America into account.
Some argued that without it America could have agreed on a post-war settlement with the Soviet Union and thus avoided the horrors of the cold war.
And Congress is in no mood to grant it fast-track negotiating authority, without which America lacks the power to strike trade deals and so cannot negotiate credibly.
In this case, however, the reality is that without jobs America will not be able to maintain a reasonable standard of living or generate the taxes to secure our national security.
It is just possible that the Fed, which assumes annualised economic growth of 3.25-3.5%, may manage to steer the economy through a course of gently slowing growth and moderating inflation, without driving America into recession.
To consume without producing does America as much harm as the producing without consuming does to the rest of the world.
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Robert Kagan, author of The World America Made, says that the world would be a different - a worse place - without a strong America.
CFCs as recycled, and sending supplies to Europe and America without any intention of re-export.
Absent without leave, America helped foster an overblown perception in the region of America's decline and China's ascent.
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