Quote Originally Posted by marct View Post
... The propaganda effect would be on the same order or higher as the retreat from Vietnam (probably higher)... Back home in the States, I would expect an increasing amount of isolationism as well as an increased assault on individual civil liberties.

Then again, some people do consider me to be a pessimist .
pessimism. I'm a total optimist and I think you're probably being a bit conservative on the two issues I quoted...

Definitely higher -- due to that wired world communication effect of today that someone frequently cites...