[Serbiangirl]

Originally Posted by Ryzorian

Ronin, the US has forgiven it's national Debt twice in it's history, so president is there. China could ask all it wants and if the US said no, then what? I suppose the world bank could try to devalue the Dollar, but that would cripple an economy that litterally makes the world work. You know as well as I that won't happen.

It has nothing to do with trying to excape reality about fielding a 30 million man army. The US won't do that because it simply isn't in our nature to do so. I know that as well as anyone. The point I was makeing is this. The USA, as a country, has the ingrediants required for a world dominateing empire. It doesn't do that because the nation itself doesn't believe in that kind of thing. Today anyway, what about when some lunitic becomes president and decides to go for it?

It's the fact this country has checks and balances built into it that has prevented a Hitler type takeing over. The theme I have been strumming here is that if the US did succumb to blind nationalism because of some charismatic guy who got us all worked up over stupid things. Putting this country's raw resources and manifactureing capability into war makeing. How do you think it would turn out?

Do you think New Zealand could stop us if we really were out to crush everything underfoot? China and Russia? Honestly? Look at it from a realistic perspective, if the USA suddenly went all United American Empire on everyone, with the full intention of world wide conquest. Do you think anyone could stop it before either the USA won out right or the world was destroyed?

Does anyone really want an imperial USA wrecking havoc all over the globe? or would they rather keep things as they are with a giant economic bumbler stumbleing around awkwardly? Sure we break the funiture sometimes, but we mean well.

lets start please