Do you think that any country can deafet the USA?

Question

By the way to dumbos, we STILL are the most POWERFUL nation on the Earth.

Answer 1

In a conventional war, China is really our only opposition. They would be a tough opponent simply due to their population, but their military power is increasing rapidly.

In unconventional warfare, there are a lot of countries that could challenge us. While we are still the most powerful nation on earth, as you were kind enough to repeat for us, we don't do war right. We are too concerned about not hurting people's feeling and making them feel "healthy" about themselves to go in, do the job, and get out.

In case you haven't been paying attention, we aren't winning in Iraq. We aren't losing, but we aren't winning either. The opposition in Iraq is poorly trained by our standards, and is killing more American soldiers than I would like to see us losing.

I guess the answer to your question is this: If the US unleashes everything we have, no, there is not a nation on earth (currently, but China isn't far off) that could stand against us. If we continue to participate in touchy-feely warfare, any third world country can hold its own against us.

Answer 2

I don't think we are as secure as we would like to think. I feel like there are other countries that are just as powerful as we are if not more and because we close our eyes to that fact, we are putting ourselves in danger. As for you calling others "dumbos", that is what takes away just a little more of our so called "super power". Comments like that show ignorance and ignorance shows others weakness. I am a proud American and I support all the troops, but I don't think we as a Nation are as powerful as you think. You have to take into account that we can't even get along amongst ourselves. This Country is falling apart from the inside out and I really hope people can see between the lines.

Answer 3

In normal warfare, where the lines are clearly drawn in the sand, No way! Only If several of our allies turn against us. And heaven forbid anyone try to outright invade us. those of us who believe in the second amendment will be here along with the guard and every other patriotic militia in this country.
The way battles are being waged now in Iraq and Afghanistan are killing us, they are not wars. They are skirmish battles fought between the U.S. and Islamic radicals. We already defeated Iraq. It didn't take us long at all to win. Now we have to clean out all the troublemakers so they can sustain some form of government and take back control over their country.
We were never at war with Afghanistan. It just happened to be the place where the Taliban decided to station themselves.
Our biggest problem is we can not wage war like we used to. There are no trenches or front lines. We can't even tell who is our enemy until they start shooting at us or blow themselves up to kill us. The fact that we can not clearly distinguish combatants is whats giving us a hard time over there. And the fact that the military can't do this the way they want to or are trained to because of the political bureaucrats in D.C. wont let them. If they wanted this thing to be done and over with they would kindly step out of our troops way and let them do they're jobs.

Answer 4

US - 12,5 Trillion GDP in 2005
EU - 13,5 Trillion GDP in 2005
China - projected to bypass the USA in GDP in 2028.
Look at history - There have been nations much more powerful at their time then the USA has ever been. The Persians, the Egyptians, the Romans, The Vatican, The Mongolians, The Brits, The Mayans and many more. Where are they now? Sunk into Oblivion by their own weight and arrogance. Same as General Motors and Ford, who owned the Car market and can now be bought by any mid size Chinese Company, if they wanted. An empire is finished, when the gluttony and arrogance bypasses reality. It will go slow, from within. Maybe 25 years or less.

Answer 5

The times they are a changin'. I don't think that just any country can but I think that if some banded together they could.I think that the US military and government have more balls and follow though on their actions (and the weapons/means to do so) but I also think that other countries think before they act which is always a good idea. And very well could (I hope) bring down the facade that the US is sooooo powerful. The other thing is that even US citizens are not in favor of governmental decisions so we could have an uprising from ourselves with the support of other countries. In that case yes another country could defeat us. (especially if we keep letting dummies run for office)

Answer 6

Well the fact that you mispelled "defeat" illustrates that fact. To call the rest of the world "dumbos". The United States is undoubtedly a great military power but like other military powers and empires it will crumble, I advise you to look to history, Rome was unbeatable but it beat itself soon it was invaded by Barbarians, Britain had one of the largest empires in the world but it had the good sense to give them up and concentrate on themselves. Genghis Khan, who had the largest land empire in the world stretching from China to Europe died and his empire crumbled, the same with Alexander. The U.S faces two possibly nuclear rouge states, an occupation gone wrong in Iraq and Afghanistan, a highly discriminative educational system and a growing economic dragon in the form of China who by the way will spend more money in the military, the largest in the world. Remember you are 300 million and yes a nuclear state, China at least one and a half billion and nuclear, India? One billion and growing, also Nuclear. Don't be too cocky, that's when Caesar was stabbed 23 times and when empires crumble into small obscure nations with a proud history

Answer 7

Well, so far this century, the US has disastrously lost military actions in Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Cuba and Lebanon, and it looks like it's going to lose again in Afghanistan and Iraq. It has also been losing the war on drugs for 20 years in the Caribbean and South America.

So the evidence suggests that, yes, the USA can be defeated, as long as it keeps embarking on ill-planned sledgehammer actions in terrains it doesn't understand against guerrilla forces it refuses to learn about.

Having big, powerful armed forces is only part of the winning equation. The US has a strong army but a hopeless strategy division.

Answer 8

Your question seemed reasonable and intelligent, but your comment does not help your reputation as an American.

Although I admire America and Americans for many achievements, this sort of arrogance and superiority makes me puke.

What do you think you are to put yourself on a pedestal and by doing so, humiliating all other nations? What are we? Dog-food?

And YOU call OTHERS "dumbos".

I would tell you what you are if I would not be gentleman enough to keep dirty words for myself.

Hope you will do your patriotic duty and go to Irak, and get killed.

Answer 9

Ran away in Vietnam, Kicked out of Cuba, Getting Nowhere in Afghanistan, Getting Nowhere in Iran
Half the population is strung out on drugs and shooting each other, the other half are religious fundamentalists, the whole lot of them are eating themselves into the grave
Yup, most powerful nation on earth. Good one matey

Answer 10

I'm sure the US won't be the most powerful too much longer. China is growing very fast, and I'm sure they will be the leader in the near future. By posting this question your just pissing off people from other countries. No wonder other countries hate the US. It's because of people like you, and people like bush.