The End of the American Century?

[paeng]

Related:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCxBDDk4Y-M

[robbietan]

America needs another world war ..... so they will be back in business

 

and they got it in Libya - plus the control of that country's oil fields

[arnel_gumaru]

and they got it in Libya - plus the control of that country's oil fields

 

i think this is a prelude to bigger war.

 

the problem with the wars that the US is entering right now is that the enemies they choose to fight are too weak --- not strong enough to require a nationwide mobilization of reserves and economic resources, like the massive mobilization of WW2. they should go at it against Russia and China. a conventional war against these two will really prop-up their economy.

 

they are preparing to fight russia and china big time. the way they're positioned right now --- iraq, afghanistan, now libya --- they're prepositioning bases and ensuring access to resources (and denying access for their future enemies) for a big fight.

[Ryuji_tanaka]

and they got it in Libya - plus the control of that country's oil fields

 

Not to mention that the "intervention" in Libya will put them within striking distance of the Suez Canal, a key transport corridor, and close enough to the ME and Africa to strike at several countries that the US considers "problematic". They might start WWIII if they are not careful and that will be the last nail in the coffin of the USA.

 

Found this on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6C5xc2gF5A

[iskurokutoy]

obviously the US is in decline economically and geopolitically, but collapse? Nah, i seriously doubt it. They do have to come to terms that China (and later on, India) will be ascending in terms of economic strength.

 

By 2030, India would overtake China in terms of population.

These two countries can hardly feed almost half a billion of their people.

And yet, they're being hailed as the next superpowers...

 

The USSR were said to be a superpower with a Third World economy.

China couldn't even get Taiwan and India is in a stalemate with Pakistan over the Kashmir.

[Ryuji_tanaka]

By 2030, India would overtake China in terms of population.

China couldn't even get Taiwan.

That is because China did not have much of a military back then.Now that they bought an aircraft carrier from UK, supposedly for "scrap", but many suspect to pirate the design. Plus the weakening of the US economy and military, one of these days, Taiwan might lose the US security blanket.

[william777]

All world events is only happening, because the US allows it to happen..

[wolfwhistler]

All world events is only happening, because the US allows it to happen..

 

..like 9-11 ? ...katrina ?....and lately, joplin, missouri ?

[lomex32]

American brewing companies are now owned by non-Americans

 

Coors, Miller and soon Budweiser

[kidpoker]

Garbage collectors aka "basureros" make $450 dollars a week in the USA even in this bad economy. Wait until their salaries go down to $100 dollars a week before we can say the USA is collapsing. Maybe it will happen after 100 years.

 

Also, Alaska has an untapped oil reserve that is bigger than Russia's. It's only a matter of legislation to start drilling new oil wells. The USA is saving Alaska for the rainy days.

 

Russia is so corrupt that it is so hard to make business. You better be a mobster before you can even compete. Very few financial brokerages even trade Russian stocks. Russia's riches are only in the hands of the few. The pensions of old Russians are only $15 a month. Is that really a superpower we are talking about?

 

China and India have a big population that both countries have 4 times more poor people than the total population of the USA. If the USA stopped importing Chinese manufactured products for 1 year, 2 billion will go hungry for a year. There are more unemployed people in China than the entire population of the USA.

 

Iran is no match to the USA. How are they going to attack the USA? Will they use Alibaba's flying carpets? USA's nuclear submarines can level the entire Iran faster than Iran can do any big damage to the USA. Iran's threats are hardly threats because there is no substance to it. American intelligence constantly spies on Iran using spy satellites. Iran's military infrastructure is so easy to target because they are away from the civilian population. At least, Saddam was intelligent to put his military infrastructure in civilian areas. Iran's navy is so pitiful compared to USA's naval fleet in the Gulf. It was all in the news. Iran dispatched speedboats to scare an American frigate ship (like a speedboat can sink a frigate, they wish!).

 

The only reasonable scenario for the USA in the next 50 years is the partial adoption of socialist ideas in government. Also, I expect lowering of salaries of workers through the years.

[kidpoker]

American brewing companies are now owned by non-Americans

 

Coors, Miller and soon Budweiser

 

 

I think it is alright. They use American labor and American farm products to manufacture beer.

 

South Africa (Coors Miller) buys a few billion dollars of American medicines; and, Belgium (Anheuser Busch) imports $21 billion worth of products from USA. Trade is still in favor of the USA.

 

 

[kidpoker]

Iraq is hardly a problem. USA leadership just doesn't want to look politically stupid if a withdrawal is the target direction. Assuming USA leaves Iraq, I only expect that Iraq will have a civil war for the next 20 years. Sunni and Shiites will k*ll each other until a strong man comes out again. USA can then sell guns and bullets to both sides so that they can k*ll each other faster.

[Ryuji_tanaka]

^ Actually yan dapat ang recovery program ni Obama.....massive arms manufacturing and export....slogan:USA, we arm the world because war is good for business!".

[SaintPeter5858]

No end to American dmoniation

[SaintPeter5858]

I think it is alright. They use American labor and American farm products to manufacture beer.

 

South Africa (Coors Miller) buys a few billion dollars of American medicines; and, Belgium (Anheuser Busch) imports $21 billion worth of products from USA. Trade is still in favor of the USA.

 

 

 

Well, because USA is the richest in natural resources specially food products