NEOCONS SAY ANYONE WHO THINKS THE US CAN MOVE AWAY FROM WORLD DOMINANCE IS A NAIVE FOOL; THEY SAY A MULTIPOLAR WORLD MEANS CHINA, OR SOME OTHER, WILL TRY TO SUPPLANT USA AS WORLD HEGEMON. HAVEN'T THEY STUDIED HISTORY? A BALANCE OF POWER CAN KEEP PEACE IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD. AND NUCLEAR AND OTHER WMD DETERRENTS MAKE NATIONS MORE EQUAL THAN IN CENTURIES PAST.