military spending alone is a useless measure of success in any given war. read sun tzu and you'll see that it's true. we've outspent alqueda by a factor of a million, and they've successfully used our own power against us. the big spender win in vietname, or the american revolution? when you're using your military spending to oppress people in their homeland time and time again it has shown to be a waste of money.
compare the portions of our gdp today that are due to things such as financial services or health care or any other sector that doesn't actually provide any production, to the proportion it was 40 years ago. you'll quickly see, despite statistics to the contrary, that we don't produce as much as you think we do. a majority of our gdp is just debt, our economic superiority is a myth based on the faith of the world in our currency. once that finally wanes we'll have nothing else to back it up.
It has Everything to do with what's being discussed.
mbig said:
Sorry about that, hello luca, my name is 24107 and im just another person posting on a forum because im bored.im sorry im not a president or something to make you feel like your in some sort of exclusive club for geniouses.
Like Iraq? where the pretext for attacking was it was falsely said they had nukes. and over a million iraqs have died and their country ruined and shattered for years to come? im sure the iraqs see it that way, especially the ones whose loved ones are no longer breathing, and sectarian wars have broken out as the result of an invasion, i dont think iraq sent an S.O.S. to anyone to come bomb them. as far as diversion of resources, did you forget it is the oil in iraq, that the resources are being diverted and controlled by foreign nations. A famous U.S. general said ''war is a racket'' google that statement and you will find his name.
If you truly feel that way, you should worry about U.S. taxpayer money being given away by the billions to foreign nations like Egypt, Jordan, and Israel with absolutely nothing in return to your everyday average american citizen.
The price of crude oil is going to go up. Who do you think will be blamed? That's right.
The American position in the middle east should be respectful trade and business with the people who live there. no one likes someone else crapping in their house, taking their stuff and killing them. And another bonus on of not taking over another country and doing not good things to other nations are...are you ready for this albert?...drumroll please, you dont give extremists a reason such as anger and revenge, that will motivate them more to do terrorist acts.
funny and ironic how obama, is going to take the blame for something that first started when wasnot even the president and your happy about this why albert? is it because his middle name is hussein? or he is black? im curious why?
said like a man with good principles and morals:doh doesn't sound like a oppurtunistic scavenger like a vulture or hyena, not one bit:roll:
you say normal trade and nothing more in this post, a total contradiction to what you said in your post before that where you said, never let a crisis go to waste. That doesnt sound like intentions for normal relations. are you sure you know what your talking about? or are you unsure? are sleepy maybe?
So your comfortable being a callous, cold, emotionless sheep that follows the herd?
is not that being a bit over dramatic? and ''he is a representative capacity'' sounds like a fruitless attermpt by you to sound intelligent
Are you familiar with Rahm Emmanuel? He was President Obama's main man in the White House. The reference to never letting a good crisis go to waste is his, not mine.