America -- Bully of the World?

[Aeroflot]

Lol, you do realise you need an economy to stay a military superpower?

Do you realise theres a war going on? In afgahnistan and Iraq? It takes money, and it will do wierd things to the economy. But the Us is doing quite well. Watch, as soon as tensions lessen, and we start to pull some troops out of Iraq, our economy will be back at it's pre-war level, erm pre- 9/11.

I can see it in your mind, you just want to see the US fall from power, funny thing is, who will be the person giving all the AID and military support then? Just say The EU, please...

[SpiderGoat]

Originally Posted by AeroFlot

Do you realise theres a war going on? In afgahnistan and Iraq? It takes money, and it will do wierd things to the economy. But the Us is doing quite well. Watch, as soon as tensions lessen, and we start to pull some troops out of Iraq, our economy will be back at it's pre-war level, erm pre- 9/11.

I can see it in your mind, you just want to see the US fall from power, funny thing is, who will be the person giving all the AID and military support then? Just say The EU, please...

Owkeeeyyyyyyy...

1. I was reacting to him saying that the US would always be a military superpower, yet to have a big and advanced army, you need an economy. This was in no way a reference to the situation at the moment.
2. The EU? China? Some island in the Pacific? I don't give a fuck. The EU is an economic power, and has no military to speak off (yeah, yeah, except Britain, I was talking about the EU as a whole). I am not blind.
3. Once you stop 'giving' military support, another one will do that. And AID to countries isn't the highest thing on your list, now is it?

[!moof]

1. Flot, don't wish that the economy was back to pre-9/11 levels. That economy was bad and worsening.

2. America has the largest economy, and also has the healthiest large, developed economy in the world. To assume otherwise is foolish.

3. Britain is still the third most powerful nation in military terms and has a good economy. They just had such a bar in the British Empire that they can't reach, which makes them look weaker than they really are.