In light of the current political and economic atmosphere in the United States, this book has attempted to explore the road that the country has traveled to get to where it is today. Just as in the 9-11 attack, the election and reelection of Barack Obama may have taken some people by surprise but the framework for such events usually started long before they actually occur. Remember that 9-11 was preceded by years of terrorist attacks against Americans and American interests in various places in the world, the most notorious being the bombing of US Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, and the...