Some points:
1 - this "attack" on MW2 seems kinda unfounded when I just got back from a trip blowing up faces of mutants and mercenaries in the capitol in the year 2273...
2: Alexandre couldn't come to the party, he was too busy taking a trip all the way from fucking Macedon to India on horseback, then still winning.
3: US Supremacy debate: You two (Samual and detractors) - are both right. No other country has been this influencial from the far east to the west and back. Listen to Rammstein's "We're all living in Amerika" and you see the point. It's also rare that a country has been such a power both in diplomacy and militairy.
BUT!
All previous empires mentioned fought for control abroad in many nations against hostile people. The Romans had a quite firm control over Europe and Northern Afrika for centuries. The British held a lot of shores across Afrika and Asia, etc. Both struggled with revolts and guerilla-style warfare by the way.
The US isn't holding anything outside of their own country, can't even contain two countries who are at the very least 30 years behind in warfare WITH the help of the international community. That doesn't scream dominance in a militairy sense.
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