I think that Lookout's post #8 is an extremely plausible forecast. The current US ascendancy is not going to last forever, just as the British and Spanish and Roman and etc etc. didn't.
Which is one of the major reasons I don't support the war on terror. It is frittering away (well squandering really) financial, human and moral resources and trashing international support, while chasing after bad guys who have in their entire history killed fewer than 10,000 Americans. These resources are needed for managing far more important things: resurgent Russia, united Europe, and especially booming China. Terrorists are
trivial.
I suspect the reason the Chinese didn't object to the invasion of Iraq is because they are quite happy to let the US go and bleed in the desert. Meanwhile they have become good friends with Iran.
But I thought posting this
Quote:
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Remind me again why we haven't invaded North Korea?
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was ironic, since (depending on your timezone) you apparently posted it on November 27th, the anniversary of the start of the
Battle of Chosin Reservoir.