How long can the united States stay the dominant world power if it continues to re-build other countries?

Answer 1

The US will remain the dominant power until the forces of equality overtake the forces of freedom and liberty. As more government schemes of income redistribution remove the incentive to work hard and increase the incentive to tax others to pay for the latest greatest handout, output will fall until some other country passes us.

Answer 2

At this point the only avenue open the the United States is to bring our Army back and spread them out along the border. Now, the end never justifies the means, so If you catch some non-American crossing over, just beat the hell our them until they see the light.
If there is one thing that George W. Bush has taught us, it is that it is no longer necessary to be a successful President, all you need to do is enlist all the nerds who are still reading the dictionary, thinking it is a novel. They are also able to see around corners, I understand that is a necessary function of having a square brain, but beyond that it is absolutely true that if you go fishing for neo-cons, use a two hundred pound wighted line because they all have a heavy burden to carry, and use the same bait you do to catch bullheads. I warn you, they are ugle.

Answer 3

By rebuilding other countries, America is showing it's true colors. We help when people are in need. We show the countries that we just had a hand in destroying that we actually care about their well being. By being humble and aiding in rebuilding other countries, we are also setting an example for other powerful countries as well as those countries that we are allied with. This only strengthens the credibility of the US, in turn, making it a not so much dominant, but leading world power.

Answer 4

I am surprised at the lack of sophistication of the question and the answers. As you know, economic-well-being is not a "zero sum game". In other words, the economic power of the United States is not necessarily hurt by improving the economics of other countries. In fact, it very probably makes the United States an even greater economic power.

Answer 5

the significant element that distiguishes united statesa. from different historic tremendous powers is your appalling protection force record. The Romans, Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Alexander the full, the Moghuls all were impressive at strive against - yanks are garbage. united statesa. is only a bully and purely were given so powerful after the autumn of the U.S. even as it got here upon itself without genuine opponent (except of direction China and there is not any way the united states of a is ever going to bypass there). Your conventional importance at present is dragging all the different economies down and also you slide into recession.

Answer 6

"not very long." Japan, the world's largest creditor, will emerge as the dominant world power if the US has a serious recession.

The combination of government deficit, trade deficit, industrial base erosion and loss of intellectual and engineering hegemony are a time bomb for the US. Our future may match Argentina's (#5 economy in the world in the 1920's, around 80th now).

Which leads to MY question: How come no one in DC has said, "Partition Iraq and get out! We can't afford an extended occupation in this non-strategic backwater!"

Answer 7

The US in the last decades was a superpower in virtue of its military superiority. Those days are at an end... and it isn't due to outside influences or foreign aid, but internal "mismanagement".

The US and other economically powerful countries do not rebuild countries without motive. The money is invested to turn them into allies, to do business with them and to have access to their natural resources or strategic position. To assume that money is just "given away" is naive, to say the least. Example: Saudi. The US provides military aid, security and technical infrastructure in exchange for access to oil.

Answer 8

I don't really believe it's doing something to help other countries, but it's re-building them to serve it's purposes. America isn't doing anything for free, it's only getting stronger with every war, every re-building and so on.

Answer 9

America does a fantastic job 'rebuilding' other countries.

They give contracts to companies like Halliburton without a proper tendering process to make sure that they are getting a reasonable return on their 'investment' (they aren't). Then they pay for it using IRAQI OIL.

George Bush is all heart.

Answer 10

"re-building other countries"?? Well, if we didn't flatten them in the first place, then there would be no need to re-build them!

Seriously, name me one single nation we have provided money to "re-build" for purely altruistic reasons and not because it directly benefits our own government, since the the Marshall Plan ?