The US stopped being a super power after Vietnam.

[TwIsTeD MaRtYr]

Think about it real hard, and you'll realize it.

[Eveille]

So who filled the void eh?

[OverIy Epux]

inb4 cold war

[THE ULTIMATE DOOM]

Really? Then why did the CCCP throw in the towel and not NATO in the early 90's?

[Amongst_many]

it then became a super pain in the a**

[A Really Bad Idea]

In the face of economic and military statistics; I'mma say no.

[Artorious_75]

I think you read that history book backwards or something...

[Yuki the Third]

We poured all our resources into winning a war thet drug on forever, and eventualy came home defeated.

Then, 9/11 happened, and we did it again. and our economy is in the shitter even worse.

And now, people want to go and invade iran.
Why?

[argumentum ad populum]

Yuki the Third

We poured all our resources into winning a war thet drug on forever, and eventualy came home defeated.

Then, 9/11 happened, and we did it again. and our economy is in the shitter even worse.

And now, people want to go and invade iran.
Why?

[-Tyrtaeos-]

I will agree with the rest friend.
I think the defeat in Vietnam forced the U.S. to turn into more careful and intelligent ways
The invasion of Vietnam was purely a war of influence.
The war in Iraq and Iran nowadays is also a war of influence and economical interest but it has the mark of terrorism.

Of course this is my opinion...i realize there are many things i might ignore.
Modern warfare though is not militaristic only. It is also economic. And Wall Street dominates the economical world right now.

[Queen Shining Heaven]

You ever notice no other country besides the U.S is criticized in this forum?

[Disa Uniflora]

Queen Shining Heaven

You ever notice no other country besides the U.S is criticized in this forum?

I hope you understand that most of the people on this forum are Americans and among them there's far more awareness of what's going on in the United States than there is awareness of the rest of the world. That said, you're either new or have a shitty memory because other notable international topics have come up in the past. The Alberta tar sands here in Canada have come up in the Keystone XL Pipeline threads and before that, there was the ban on minarets in Switzerland, the Muhammed editorial cartoons scandal in Denmark, France's burqa ban, the cartel wars in Mexico, the 2009 Maguindinao Massacre in the Phillipines, the 2011 massacre in Norway, various stories about China's present economic warning signs, the Israel-Palestine conflict, the wars in the Middle East, multiple threads on disaster relief efforts throughout the 2000s and their sometimes unforeseen consequences in multiple countries, African genocides, the present state of Somalia and related pirate attacks... the list goes on. Yes, they do tend to get drowned out, but they ARE there.

If you feel that something a country has done has gone unnoticed or without criticism then MAKE THE THREAD YOURSELF. If you haven't got anything like that but just want to b***h and moan then I'll let BTMI do the rest of the talking for me.

Quote:

HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET ********
HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET ********
YOU COULD BE DEAD AND NO ONE HERE WOULD CARE.
HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET ********
HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET ********
YOUR EVERY MINUTE HERE HAS BEEN IN VAIN

[Wendigo]

I wonder when people will come to the realization that real power no longer rests in the nation-state. If it ever did, which I sometimes doubt.

Just because the United States has a big, powerful military doesn't mean that it's king of the world. Big, powerful economies don't mean that, either, especially with how fluid "an economy" is as an entity. Main thing that's going for us at the moment is that we have a lot of land mass that we aren't entirely done using yet. And people still like dollars.

[Queen Shining Heaven]

Disa Uniflora

Queen Shining Heaven

You ever notice no other country besides the U.S is criticized in this forum?

I hope you understand that most of the people on this forum are Americans and among them there's far more awareness of what's going on in the United States than there is awareness of the rest of the world. That said, you're either new or have a shitty memory because other notable international topics have come up in the past. The Alberta tar sands here in Canada have come up in the Keystone XL Pipeline threads and before that, there was the ban on minarets in Switzerland, the Muhammed editorial cartoons scandal in Denmark, France's burqa ban, the cartel wars in Mexico, the 2009 Maguindinao Massacre in the Phillipines, the 2011 massacre in Norway, various stories about China's present economic warning signs, the Israel-Palestine conflict, the wars in the Middle East, multiple threads on disaster relief efforts throughout the 2000s and their sometimes unforeseen consequences in multiple countries, African genocides, the present state of Somalia and related pirate attacks... the list goes on. Yes, they do tend to get drowned out, but they ARE there.

If you feel that something a country has done has gone unnoticed or without criticism then MAKE THE THREAD YOURSELF. If you haven't got anything like that but just want to b***h and moan then I'll let BTMI do the rest of the talking for me.

Quote:

HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET ********
HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET ********
YOU COULD BE DEAD AND NO ONE HERE WOULD CARE.
HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET ********
HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET ********
YOUR EVERY MINUTE HERE HAS BEEN IN VAIN

Uh, yeah, I just joined last year, so I wouldn't know. I don't see it as bitching to point out something I noticed

[LSD TV]

Cardinal Toby Maelstrom

Think about it real hard, and you'll realize it.

I did, and you're wrong. I also asked my poli sci professor and he also thinks your wrong.