The younger generations have not studied the history of our fragile world and mock the concept of history repeating itself. We cannot have U.S. energy security without global energy security." The battle for the Arctic could be described as the new Cold War between our two countries. We have lost our edge as the world's strongest economy that would cause other countries to get pneumonia if we caught a cold. Now if we get a cold they send Kleenex. Our weakness in the United States in one of not being pro-active to terrorist and to threats of wars; we are no longer a country to be feared. They spend the windfall profits on weapons and the development of weapon that can only lead to irreversible trouble. We are witnesses to the buildup of a war machine that is designed to destroy the Western world without suffering the nuclear hell they intend to inflict on America. The government has forced oil dependence on the citizens by restricting the ability to use the ample resources of the U.S.