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Who is America's #1 foe on the world stage?

Who is America's #1 foe on the world stage?


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There are always many countries and organizations being talked about in the media, be it print, Internet or on T.V.

Some of these foes are obviously worse than others, but that's for you to decide, ultimately.

So, who is America's #1 foe?

1) ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State
2) al Qaeda and all of the affiliates
3) Drug Cartels
4) Weapon proliferators
5) Russia
6) China
7) North Korea
8) Iran
9) Other, please specify

After you have voted, please post why you chose what you chose.
 
There are always many countries and organizations being talked about in the media, be it print, Internet or on T.V.

Some of these foes are obviously worse than others, but that's for you to decide, ultimately.

So, who is America's #1 foe?

1) ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State
2) al Qaeda and all of the affiliates
3) Drug Cartels
4) Weapon proliferators
5) Russia
6) China
7) North Korea
8) Iran
9) Other, please specify

After you have voted, please post why you chose what you chose.

There is no one Numero Uno Foe. It is the system of international security that requires continuous national action with military means. this is much too expensive and the costs are climbing, will climb exceedingly over the next years. The system will not work much longer and there will be more and larger standoffs and increasingly nasty wars.
 
There is no one Numero Uno Foe. It is the system of international security that requires continuous national action with military means. this is much too expensive and the costs are climbing, will climb exceedingly over the next years. The system will not work much longer and there will be more and larger standoffs and increasingly nasty wars.

Which is among the current respected prognostications, yeah, however, I was speaking of Foe in a traditional sense - those who oppose and are a legitimate threat.

My pick leans toward Russia. I know that China is incredibly dangerous too, but their economy still relies on the U.S. consuming its ****. The Russians on the other hand wouldn't really give two ****s if by taking down the U.S. that they go down too. They would be like pigs in fresh mud over the fact that they had finally taken the U.S. down. And don't be persuaded into believing that they aren't actively doing that very thing. They put out a very loud and alternative message than what the U.S. and The West does and it gobbles up the poor fools who are of weak mind and are easily seduced because they're gullible. Everyone knows that the U.S. is a no-go for invasion. Similarly, everyone knows that the way the U.S. can be taken down is by problems from within, you know, "We have met the enemy and he is Us." They have also been hacking, and not just the government but the banks, retail stores, technology companies and spreading all sorts of viruses and malware on the Internet. They have a large cadre of spies, agents and sleeper cells within CONUS. Russia is the slow knife that cuts the deepest IMO. They have the ability to be patient, even if the patience must last years. Putin wants the Soviet Union back, and he has called for crippling the U.S. from within before. He's former KGB, who undoubtedly did what most if not all of his coworkers and colleagues did too: think of ways to take down America. Russia is the only legitimate threat that has the ability to knock us the **** out. To deliver that crippling strategic surprise. IMO, of course ;)
 
Why does Anerica have to have a 'foe'?

There is the problem mainstream America, always looking for someone to attack.
 
Which is among the current respected prognostications, yeah, however, I was speaking of Foe in a traditional sense - those who oppose and are a legitimate threat.

My pick leans toward Russia. I know that China is incredibly dangerous too, but their economy still relies on the U.S. consuming its ****. The Russians on the other hand wouldn't really give two ****s if by taking down the U.S. that they go down too. They would be like pigs in fresh mud over the fact that they had finally taken the U.S. down. And don't be persuaded into believing that they aren't actively doing that very thing. They put out a very loud and alternative message than what the U.S. and The West does and it gobbles up the poor fools who are of weak mind and are easily seduced because they're gullible. Everyone knows that the U.S. is a no-go for invasion. Similarly, everyone knows that the way the U.S. can be taken down is by problems from within, you know, "We have met the enemy and he is Us." They have also been hacking, and not just the government but the banks, retail stores, technology companies and spreading all sorts of viruses and malware on the Internet. They have a large cadre of spies, agents and sleeper cells within CONUS. Russia is the slow knife that cuts the deepest IMO. They have the ability to be patient, even if the patience must last years. Putin wants the Soviet Union back, and he has called for crippling the U.S. from within before. He's former KGB, who undoubtedly did what most if not all of his coworkers and colleagues did too: think of ways to take down America. Russia is the only legitimate threat that has the ability to knock us the **** out. To deliver that crippling strategic surprise. IMO, of course ;)

At present only a real mess-up or suicide mission of some dictator or another can mean any real threat to the US. This is changing, however. And we will see a situation, where the continuous wrangling of changing coalitions will become too complex to handle an therefore highly volatile.
 
A selection without explanation. Not very useful, eh? Why is New Zealand America's #1 foe on the world stage?

I don't want to spell it out. The pieces are there for you to assemble if you pay close attention.
 
Why does Anerica have to have a 'foe'?

There is the problem mainstream America, always looking for someone to attack.

It does not need a foe. The problem is that any society creates dangers for the inhabitants. If the order is not rigorously enforced the number of incidence climbs and will in time destroy the society in question. This is true of villages and of the global community. As nobody else has been able nor willing to enforce order, the US has taken the responsibility. All the US has to do is sit and wait. The problems come to it.

This is not the way to do this long term. Security is the basic public good and should not be made by one citizen or group thereof. It must be made a communal job.
 
Why does Anerica have to have a 'foe'?

There is the problem mainstream America, always looking for someone to attack.

I didn't say that we needed one, but we have them nonetheless, which is what this thread is about. There's no point of arguing why we have enemies when those enemies are doing things to hurt us.
 
Obama.

(yes, that was a joke)
 
Voted "other." The real answer is everyone is our foe.

When you run a modern day empire where as a nation you occupy more nations around the globe than any other empire in human history accomplished then everyone is a foe of some degree. Even our close allies, whom we generally occupy as well and spy on. It is the price we pay for being the de facto Worlds Police Department. The reason there is no #1 among everyone is depending on day of the week, some other nation is the problem of the day.
 
Perhaps America's biggest threat is America.

We might be our own worst enemy.

We're slowly tearing ourselves apart.
 
The United States Number 1 foe are neurotic Americans who cannot live without having a foe. If I had to name someone, it would be the Australians always coming to the US to steal surf, celebrity, and the big boned girls.
 
There are always many countries and organizations being talked about in the media, be it print, Internet or on T.V.

Some of these foes are obviously worse than others, but that's for you to decide, ultimately.

So, who is America's #1 foe?

1) ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State
2) al Qaeda and all of the affiliates
3) Drug Cartels
4) Weapon proliferators
5) Russia
6) China
7) North Korea
8) Iran
9) Other, please specify

After you have voted, please post why you chose what you chose.

where are parts of our own society and government?
 
Barrak "I'm not a muslim" Obama is the greatest security threat to the US followed very closely by Hillary "Rottenham" Clinton, aka, The Whore of Satan.

The greatest threats to a Republic are never external, but internal, because of the affect poor leadership has on a countries ability to stand up to and meet external threats.
 
I don't want to spell it out. The pieces are there for you to assemble if you pay close attention.

Their rugby team is called the All Blacks. The evil is clear.
 
Why does Anerica have to have a 'foe'?

There is the problem mainstream America, always looking for someone to attack.

They don't have to look, the choices line themselves up right before us.

Anyway, now that I think about it, I'm not sure there's any real big enemy to worry about other than ourselves.

Gotta say, ever since the USSR fell, it's been half-assed pickings ever since.
 
Who is America's #1 foe on the world stage?

endless war and too many foreign entanglements at the expense of domestic stability and growth. this sinks most empires eventually.
 
There are always many countries and organizations being talked about in the media, be it print, Internet or on T.V.

Some of these foes are obviously worse than others, but that's for you to decide, ultimately.

So, who is America's #1 foe?

1) ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State
2) al Qaeda and all of the affiliates
3) Drug Cartels
4) Weapon proliferators
5) Russia
6) China
7) North Korea
8) Iran
9) Other, please specify

After you have voted, please post why you chose what you chose.
I chose Russia and China.
They've got the most nukes and COULD deliver a devastating blow.
I don't think they will, though.
Our counterpunch would be too devastating to them.
The rest of the bunch are just irritating......like a chihauhau yapping at your heels.
 
Who is America's #1 foe on the world stage?

It's own stupidity.

This is manifest in things like the incomprehensible tendency for Americans to vote for Republicans and to believe in the Bible.
 
There are always many countries and organizations being talked about in the media, be it print, Internet or on T.V.

Some of these foes are obviously worse than others, but that's for you to decide, ultimately.

So, who is America's #1 foe?

1) ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State
2) al Qaeda and all of the affiliates
3) Drug Cartels
4) Weapon proliferators
5) Russia
6) China
7) North Korea
8) Iran
9) Other, please specify

After you have voted, please post why you chose what you chose.

I voted other. While the other selections are certainly formidable, the greatest threat is from the global social justice/liberal/progressive machine.
 
There are always many countries and organizations being talked about in the media, be it print, Internet or on T.V.

Some of these foes are obviously worse than others, but that's for you to decide, ultimately.

So, who is America's #1 foe?

1) ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State
2) al Qaeda and all of the affiliates
3) Drug Cartels
4) Weapon proliferators
5) Russia
6) China
7) North Korea
8) Iran
9) Other, please specify

After you have voted, please post why you chose what you chose.



Other - Itself
 
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