| spurgeonryan said: Europe was in ashes. 20 million plus dead in Russia. Japan crippled. India and China were push overs at the time. Now look at America today. The world is passing us by, I am told by some Vgchartans this will be our last Christmas was in 2014. China and Dubai seem to own half or more of America and now we went from winning a Cold War against Russia and World War against the Axis of Evil to getting our butts kicked by some villagers in Afghanistan and Iraq.
If we would have struck back then, would we have won? |
The US handled the situation perfectly. They sat back, watched all of the worlds most powerful beat eachothr senseless, and then came in to finish the job. They gave massive loans, leaving them in a controlling scenario with many nations. But let's be honest here. A few hundred years prior to this, the US was a speck. Over time, power shifts and changes hands. There is always at least one massive power and none of them last forever. Just like everything else in human history has sped up, the rise and fall of empires has too. Some empires are cultural, as the Celts were. I also enjoy thinking of how the Vikings were, and how the Scandanavians have now adapted and are so different. Some are imperialistic. How they struggle to remain in existence will define their path forward. Let's just hope it's not an Egypt type scenario. Let's just hope that the US can hang on and remain a decent place for the forseeable future. Heck, if we look hard enough, every country in Europe was once a massive power house in their own right, in their own way.
