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Originally Posted by Steve_A

Hi Dantheman62,

I wouldn't be too sure either, after all we don't need to look very far back in history to see the last few battles the US has been involved in to see where they came in.

Vietnam wasn't exactly one of the proudest moments in US history, nor Iraq, nor Afghanistan the latter two lasting a lot longer than the "Mission Accomplished" speech by Bush.

The fact is, the US is stretched to its' limits in terms of currency and hasn't the money to fund another war on its own, which is why the US wants multi action forces to take part.

Unfortunately the US today, because of the economic situation not only in the US but where the US is standing in the worlds economy, is not as desireable to become close to as it was in the past, like in the 60s when the quality of life was light years ahead of any other country on the globe and this is going to be a problem for the US in the global picture especially since the Iraq invasion which was carried out on a bed of lies to be quite frank.

I said in a different thread that there was only one country in the world that has used a huge weapon of massed destruction. There have been minor ones like the bunker busters and the sulphur bombs which have maimed and killed innocent people.

It's funny also that the attitude in the US has never changed when it comes to other countries. In the news, North Korea is ALWAYS shown with those march pasts through the center of the city with immense trucks carrying missiles and thousands of soldiers goose stepping. What's that all about? Does this happen every day in North Korea or are the news media trying to tell us something.

Although I don't agree with everything that the present US administration is doing, I'm sure they inherited a whole lot of deep damaging problems from the last few administrations, but one thing is for sure, they need to lower their head a little and be more humble and try to find ways of reducing the political pressure in the world and not try to dominate all the time.

Best regards,

Steve

good points here Steve.....