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Posted by I_Am_Vince on Jul-26-2007 20:31:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
The days of direct military confrontation is over...

Well, until US cease to exist as superpower.

So having a big military necessarily isn't a good thing. It just cost a lot to maintain and for most cases, just sits there. (Unless you get into Iraq style conflict which is another case all together)

U.S. has a smaller army than China or India, but their cost per unit is a lot higher.

1 U.S. Soldier = Kevlar, helmet, M-16/M-4 assault rifle, pistol sidearm, radio, night vision, camouflage uniform, ABC suit.

1 Chinese soldier = flip flops, rice hat, AK-47 (optional)

lol...

and each one of those aircraft carriers is like 2 Billion a year upkeep, along with all fighter jets, subs, ships, etc.

Posted by Anton on Jul-26-2007 20:46:

Posted by UmmiE on Jul-26-2007 21:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Invasionmix
U.S. has a smaller army than China or India, but their cost per unit is a lot higher.

1 U.S. Soldier = Kevlar, helmet, M-16/M-4 assault rifle, pistol sidearm, radio, night vision, camouflage uniform, ABC suit.

1 Chinese soldier = flip flops, rice hat, AK-47 (optional)

lol...

and each one of those aircraft carriers is like 2 Billion a year upkeep, along with all fighter jets, subs, ships, etc.

I LOL'd at the chinese soldeir comment

quote:
Originally posted by Invasionmix
with all this super power talk and what not... Who's keeping an eye out for Australia? You rarely see any news about them, and they havn't had a war in the longest time.... They must be up to something.

Thats a very interesting topic you raised will have to research on it now.

Posted by English Rachel on Jul-27-2007 12:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Provocative_boi
Thats a very interesting topic you raised will have to research on it now.

nah, the Aussies are waaaay too chilled to fight. they're too busy surfing!

Posted by 7-4-7 on Jul-27-2007 13:24:

Europe.

Posted by catinthehat on Jul-27-2007 16:23:

india, but maybe we'll all sink in rising seas and die before anyone else can take control.

Posted by Vanos on Jul-27-2007 16:39:

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Russia needs to attract new investors in order to harness the natural resources Siberia has, but at current moment, the political climate is too hostile for investment in Russia. This may force Russia to turn to China as investor, unless US's superpower status is somehow broken in next 50 yrs, and allowing Russia to assert its dominance on the world stage.

Russia does need to attract foreign investment and it does despite the political climate. Europe needs Russian oil and gas (more and more in future) and political climate wont change that fact. Russian economy has been growing at an exploding rate (around 7%) for like 7 years straight now and the projections are around 6-7% annually growth for the next five years. Imo in the next 5-10 years Russia will become one of the major and most influential world players.
As for future superpower my vote goes to China.

Posted by Intuition on Jul-27-2007 18:49:

Tiesto.

Posted by emonster4life on Jul-28-2007 02:27:

there will never be any other super power but the USA

Posted by TheVrk on Jul-30-2007 07:49:

quote:
Originally posted by emonster4life
there will never be any other super power but the USA
jokes

Posted by arminOcaine on Jul-30-2007 13:28:

Nations are ruled by the interests of MNCs and Conglomerates. So therefore none of the above options

Posted by yankeeBaby on Jul-30-2007 14:45:

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Originally posted by Abercrombie
yeah, I said before...

Asians are hot too
Brazilians are hot too
Asians with Brazilians are

Personally I would have to say that canadians and americans are the hottest because not only do we have a plethora of all the above mentioned women, but we tend to take care of our selves (ie: fashion, hygiene, hair/skin/etc treatments).

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