Fall of Rome

Good article...I have been saying this for a while.

The parallels between the fall of Rome and where the US is now:

"declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military in foreign lands and fiscal irresponsibility by the central government”.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/80fa0a2c-49ef-11dc-9ffe-0000779fd2ac.html