I found a fascinating old opinion piece from the British "Times". It has a lot of good quotes in it, and while I don't agree with everything the article says, a lot of it is really good. If nothing else, it's a fascinating perspective:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-922-201106,00.html
The two juciest quotes:
The greatest danger to America's dominant position today is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is the arrogance of American power.and the other:
The social conservatives on the Republican Right are praying (literally) that a revival of the Cold War mentality of the 1950s might restore some of the conservative moral values that were weakened by the counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s, which were totally swept away by the Clinton Administration.