[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
kaaleppi wrote:
Beowolf wrote:
Headhunter wrote:
Darfur is actually the normal state of the world. It’s also what the world will revert back into, once the United States quits policing it. No one is at the ready to step into our shoes when we finally admit bankruptcy and withdraw.
The fraying at the edges of civilisation, as you’re seeing now in Africa, is only the beginning. Unless someone can invent a new and invinsible offensive weapon, the world will devolve into little defensive barbaric states, which proliferate all over Africa now.
It is only when one power is supreme and has the offensive capability (and will) to knock down all defensive barriers erected by tinpot dictators, that the world enjoys peace and growth.
Er… where are we policing, besides Iraq/Israel?
Well, in Iceland, Germany and Japan to start with.
Central and South America, Philippines, parts of Africa, all the oceans of the world…
America does a hell of a lot to keep the peace worldwide. From aircraft carrier groups to special forces teams.[/quote]
Thump, thump, watch your ribs Zap. You aren’t getting any younger.