> The depressing but true fact is that the U.S. wields more military power than the rest of the world combined.

Um. This isn't true according to an Economist article I'm having trouble finding. Switching over to Wikipedia, China has the largest active military by a good 8.3 million troops; you'd have to find some explanation that can convincingly say that America has more power by another measure.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_...