When I was seven, I remember being stunned after I watched " Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, " when Luke's hand gets cut off, the same one I didn't have.
You know, for millions of years, earthlings have just had to take whatever comets or asteroids were headed our way, now humanity really proving for the first time that they can strike back.
But the German commanders made a mistake. They pushed their men too fast. When British and French forces struck back -- outside Paris -- the tired and worn German soldiers could not hold their positions.
Close your eyes and take yourself back to cloud city in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back where Luke Skywalker just lost his hand to the evil Sith leader Darth Vader.
If the regime manages to entrench itself in that zone, it may be able to strike back at the rest of the country, where the rebels still have the upper hand.
The unprecedented era of low interest rates has given the Fed major economic victories, but not so quickly, the dark economic forces out there may yet strike back.