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Pearl Harbor ring a bell?Oh dear lord, and that happened when exactly?
Pearl Harbor ring a bell?Oh dear lord, and that happened when exactly?
Lech Walesa: Obama Doesn't Care If US Reamains World Superpower
And neither do I.
Who would you rather see be the worlds super power if not us? You do realize some country will hold that position don't you? Or do you?
a country can last almost forever. read up on empires, and then we'll have a discussion
Still does not answer my question. If you don't want us to be the worlds super power who do you want to fill that position?
It's not a vacancy that needs filling. A balance of equal and opposite forces is a better state of affairs.
Unfortunately the real world does not work that way. If we don't remain the worlds superpower someone will fill that vacancy and it will likely be China or Russia. Better them than us?
I don't think that's true, as I don't think those other countries have the same ambition to play world policeman. China and Russia seem considerably less meddlesome by inclination, if not any more benevolent.
It's not a vacancy that needs filling. A balance of equal and opposite forces is a better state of affairs.
You are scary naive.
You are scary naive.
Still does not answer my question. If you don't want us to be the worlds super power who do you want to fill that position?
you're a fast reader.
ok, i'll answer your question after you answer mine. in five hundred words or less, please explain to me in your own words the global history of empires. i need to make sure that you have an understanding of this aspect of history before wasting any time discussing it with you.
In the past 25 years let's see how many countries have been invaded by:
a) China = 0
b) Russia = 1, Georgia 2008
c) USA = 5, Panama 1989, Haiti 1994, Yugoslavia 1998, Afghanistan 2001, Iraq 2003
I think most neutral observers would conclude that China and Russia might adopt a less aggressive approach to international relations.
You just keep dodging my question. If we are not going to be the worlds super power who will or should be? It is a one word answer but I suspect you will keep running.
President Obama is trying to steer America away from WAR. Yes he has to bend and bow to other world leaders. We have to live on earth together somehow. And if that is viewed as not caring about being Superpower, so be it. He has a plan and has to fight conservatives tooth and nail to get anything done.
He was also an Illinois State Senator and a United States Senator. Seriously, the "community organizer" meme is just lame.
I have no idea what you are saying.
Do you man that no one is denying that Obama is President, or that no one says that Obama is President.
Double negatives can be so confusing.
So, score one for China, 65 years ago. Of course then you have to add Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic to the US slate. As for the Soviet Union, it doesn't exist any more, so it really can't be viewed as a threat, but if you want to add Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Afghsnistan to their score-card, go ahead. We're still at 1:4:10. You still have a lot of work to do to convince anyone that there's a bigger threat to world peace and national self-determination around than the USA.
90% of your arguments are "you heard" or "scuttlebutt is." Forgive me if I don't take your word for it.
The majority of my college fraternity was Army guys, and pretty much all have been in one of the respective hot zones. I am in constant contact with almost all of them, except for the guys who are doing hardcore stuff ... nobody really gets to talk to them much. Some like Obama, some don't. A few feel that Obama is selling them up the river, many more don't. See, anecdotal evidence works in my favor too.
You still have a lot of work to do to convince anyone that there's a bigger threat to world peace and national self-determination around than the USA.