Is this the start of the end of the united states as the superpower....like the USSR?

Question

USSR was a superpower....but after economic disaster they went back into the pack as just a normal power.....US is going in the same trend whereas china are going in the opposition direction.....US economy is in trouble and the dollar could be replaced like the british pound was replaced as the global currency...remember britain were the dominant power for 2 centuries....but america was the dominant power only in the 20th century....other countries are catching up with US military power....i mean the US military is stuggling to beat the iraqi insurgents....this US trend is very similar to the trends when the USSR lost its power as well as britain!!! just look....as soon as the 21st century started...US has been in decline in almost everything....military....economy....and political power...mostly thanks to bush....war on terror is really costing the US economy!!!i know most americans are blind to the future and think are invincible....but these are facts.... what do u think?

the US economy is not strong....but it is holding together just!!! its basically living off past achievements!!! its growth is slowing down every year!!!

i think the days where u fight a conventional war are over....it was the type of war in the 20th century and US dominated that type of war....but in the 21st century ....guerilla war is the new type and US has been useless at it!!!

Answer 1

The case of the USSR was a little different. Its economic system was completely different from the US: planned central economy vs free market, but the biggest factor was that the Soviet Union was made up of a great number of unrelated racial and ethnic diversities which eventually tended to pull away from the central government in Moscow. This is a main reason why the thing ripped apart. One big problem facing the US is the national debt, which politicians would rather ignore. You do not hear anyone talking much about it, but sooner or later it is a force that will have to be faced, like it or not.

The reason why the US is struggling with the Iraqi insurgents is because of the objective not to kill any more people than necessary. If the decision was made to stomp on Iraq without regard to civilian casualties the whole thing could be over in a couple of weeks and the entire country in ruins and half the population dead or homeless.

Bush is a big problem right now, but he will be gone in a couple of years and then let's hope things get better. The so-called "War on Terror" is largely a Bush psychosis and that will end as soon as he is out.

Answer 2

Well the United States does have some economic problems at the moment and yes they are struggling in Iraq.....I honestly don't think that China would do any better there and the world economy would collapse without the United states pushing money supporting other countries and buying the goods and services we spend billions and billions of dollars supporting other governments and ask you very little if any in return and this did not start with Bush I will concede the fact that he did not do so well in some of his political decisions he made while he is in office but the economy has been on a decline for a while and it goes up and down unlike the British we are not colonizing the world as they did we are basically supporting the rest of the world we buy the major supply of oil and we import and export billions of dollars worth of goods and services and without it the rest of the world would more than likely collapse. The United States military is fine if we were to go head to with another country in a conventional war and not a guerrilla war we would dominate we have the most technologically advanced military in the world and among the best trained and disciplined troops around.

Answer 3

There are so many false assumptions in the question, it's quite difficult to know where to begin - or even if one should try. The US military could, if they were ruthless enough, end the fighting in a couple of weeks. The reason the fighting has lasted so long is not because of any brilliance of the terrorists in Iraq or Afghanistan. It is precisely because the American people are not the cursed oil barons and reckless warriors they are so often accused of being. We put up with decades of small assaults trying very hard to avoid the war that has since been thrust on us, and now we try very hard to do as little damage as we can. The enemy is at least clever enough to know that if they hide among the women, they only need to worry about Muslim enemies. The US military would be very reluctant to engage them in battle, but their religious enemies would not hesitate. War was declared on us, we were attacked, and if we had done nothing or if we'd stopped with Afghanistan, the attacks, I believe, would have continued. The over-all strategy of keeping the war "over there" is a good one.
Our economy is not invincible, and there are other long term stresses on it than just the war, thanks to Presidents and congresses going back to Franklin Roosevelt.
If we remain free, which is what our fanatic Muslim enemies want to end, we will always be able to come back from desperate times. Always remember, there is no better way to improve any economy, rich or poor, than with freedom. Smart business people, like smart nations, know they do better with many, many wealthy customers than with only a few. The United States has put much more energy into building other economies into gainful trading partners than in tearing nations down.

Answer 4

I think you read too much into a lot of different situations. Call it "Oliver Stone Syndrome." Our military is not losing the war. Our liberal media is losing it for us. And before you go and dismiss me, hear me out. Where would we be today if Gen. Patton had had to contend with today's media wankers? Patton drove the 3d Army across France immediately after the D-Day Invasion. On average, In a good month, he lost almost 1,300 men (per month). Between 08 November 1944 and 07 December 1944, he averaged a loss of 812 men per day! And we call him one of our greatest heroes. So, for what? The last two-three years, we've lost 2,900? I'd say our military is doing a damned fine job.
The U.S. was not always a super power in the 20th century. In the beginning of that century, it maintained a puny military force and held fast to a policy of isolationism. Britain lost it's power when colonialism (worldwide, not just here) fell from grace. It came home hard when their Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain tried to "negotiate" peace with Adolf Hitler. It was Winston, "Good Old Winston" Chruchill who saved their hind ends. Sadly, they voted him out of office just as soon as the war ended. They tried bringing him back a second time, but the times had changed and he had not. They voted in socialism and have been somewhat weakened ever since. Given the opportunity, our democrats will do the exact same for us. Kiss it all good-bye.
Economically, we've changed base. We lead the world with the Industrial revolution -- which started in England. Now we're a technology/consumer based economy. So long as we remain in front and get to change the rules as we see fit -- and we have been, we will remain the superpower economically. Should the paradigm shift though...
I suspect that you listen to and watch too much liberal news without first donning your B.S. goggles. So, tell me. How many power plants have we brought online in either Afghanistan or Iraq? New hospitals? Schools? Sewage treatment facilities? Trouble is, while both of those countries are now operating above their prewar levels in all of those subjects, the news media will not admit to this and tell you about it. Why? Because it doesn't fit THEIR paradigm. They have an agenda, just like the republicans and the democrats and anyone stuck in the middle. Only, theirs is to make you believe nothing but the doom and gloom and to keep you listening to them because after all, they have ALL of the correct answers. Listen to them. Listen closely to what they say and how they say it. They ARE telling the truth, they're just not telling you the WHOLE truth.
You ever wonder what those documents stated that Sandy Berger so conveniently "Accidently" slipped into his sock at the Clinton Presidential Library? You know, the ones that were then destroyed and no one went after him politcally or legally for having stolen them? Wonder why that is? Hmmmm...
Personally, I like what Churchill had to say at the end of 1940. Of the Battle of Britain he said, "This is not the end. It's not the beginning of the end. It IS however, the end of the beginning.?

Answer 5

Is this another stupid repetition of the same old song. Or is it a real question?
Costing the economy? where have you been? the job less rate is at a 15 year low. The interest rate is at a 30 year low. The life expectancy of the new born baby is 99.5%.

The U.S. has only been a major power for about 60 years. So you have a long way to go on your timetable.

Thanks to Bush! How totally asinine. You parrots think everything is his fault, as if he can control everything. How about this Polly. Thanks to Bush for the good economy, the low interest etc. Oh he is not responsible for the good stuff. You need a new soap box and drum to beat the one you are using is worn out.

Answer 6

China is a dual edged sword, economically we'd be better off if they revoke democratic reforms, we get in a trade dispute and sever our economic ties. Politically, we desire them to turn into as much of a "freemarket economy" as we have here, and due to the incompetence and self-inflicted harm of our own industrial and political leaders, the once mighty US "Industrial giant" has been choipped up and sold to China for scrap, who can build, exploit and pollute as much as they want while things like Kyodo just drive that stake through our economic heart. More great nations have imploded from within, and invaders merely administered the coup de' grace, than were defeated on the battlefield. As long as we are alive it's never too late, but we need less nimby's and more entreprenuers, free enterprise, innovators and small business people, and political leaders who aren't on a guilt trip, USA bashing, international butt kissing, self rightous condemnation of their own country. It's great to reduce pollution, embrace alternative energy, and tolerate foreign cultures, but not surrender our nation and our future for the sake of momentary popularity. We, the USA, are not "faded" yet, but our enemies as well as defenders and leaders are no more certain of the future than at anytime in our past. The first step to survival, is to put all the BS aside and work together as a united country and cease the partisanship which is unlike anything ever seen in living memory.

Answer 7

You are short sighted. The reason we are in this war is to prevent the supply of oil from being totally controlled by radical freaks, and to try to stop those that will soon have nukes from bringing the fight here.

Yes being there is a huge cost, but we had to try. Imagine the cost of the fight coming here, and a small nuke going off in NYC?
China may look strong-- what happens when the poor half 999,000,000 people! want what the rich half 1,000,000 have? At the rate they are destroying their environment--- not looking so good. Their water supply is nearly toxic. They have overfished their coast into oblivion. They have little or no health care. Sooner or later they are gonna have to spend all that money they have made raping their people and environment to fix it.

Answer 8

Most definitely. Our Country is 'Old' with an aging population. The power is moving to Asia and is likely to stay there if Walmart has anything to say about it. It's going to take awhile, but in thirty to fifty years the world is going to be a very different place. Most of us won't be living all that high on the hog in future days, but I don't see it as bad news, and we'll always have our nukes in a pinch. Let someone else be the world policeman. They can pick up the tab for it while they're doing it.

Answer 9

our economy is going up according to the news I just saw as for sluggish military in Iraq thats because the troops lost the will to fight since people like you are back here spouting off comments like this. As for political power why are most UN meetings held on our soil if we have less power then some other country? what we americans can't travel.

Answer 10

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