Is the American Empire on the brink of a swift and total collapse?

[MohdSalleh]

Quote from endsongs:

Last time I checked China is the largest communist country in history and they are doing fine.

Its not really a communist country, its more like a benign capitalist dictatorship

 

[Retief]

Quote from MohdSalleh:

Are you saying there's no circumstance that the USA will face a game ending scenario?

What the guy in the article is pointing out is that all hegemonic nations since the beginning of modern civilization has a tipping point whereby it becomes unsustainable and this tipping point is uncannily common, when the nation is no longer able to service their debt, decline and collapse becomes precipitous.

I'm saying Reagan's legacy is the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. The economy of the 1980's wasn't a peacetime economy - it was a cold war economy.

Obama's legacy will be the last helicopter out of Kabul.

 

[Jeff700]

Quote from MohdSalleh:

Its not really a communist country, its more like a benign capitalist dictatorship

Not many Americans know that Chinese are gold lovers big time and as population like to store value in gold.

Not because they don't have faith in Yuan but because they see gold as part of their portfolio. A big part.

Meanwhile Americans are bombarded with Cash For Gold everywhere.

Bring your gold. We give you Federal Reserve Notes.

LOL

 

[endsongs]

Quote from Retief:

I'm saying Reagan's legacy is the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. The economy of the 1980's wasn't a peacetime economy - it was a cold war economy.

Obama's legacy will be the last helicopter out of Kabul.

Jimmy Carter was responsible for the fall of the Soviets too as their fateful war started under his watch.

 

[Retief]

Quote from endsongs:

Jimmy Carter was responsible for the fall of the Soviets too as their fateful war started under his watch.

Yes, in the way that Neville Chamberlain was responsible for the defeat of Nazi Germany.

 

[Petsamo]

The enitity that is more powerful than Obama & the Democrats is the US media (ABC, NBC, CBS, NY Times and other major newspapers).

The Marxist US media is what got this inexperienced, hard leftist, anti-military President elected.

 

[endsongs]

Quote from Retief:

Yes, in the way that Neville Chamberlain was responsible for the defeat of Nazi Germany.

You are making an apples to oranges comparison. The below link shows that JC started supporting the Afghan rebels in 1978. If the Afghans had to wait over 2 years for support to start from 1978, until Reagan was elected, they most likely would have lost. This is not Germany invading Poland. The communist Afghan govt in power ASKED the Soviets to come in to help fight the rebels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan

 

[Mr Pain]

Quote from Petsamo:

The enitity that is more powerful than Obama & the Democrats is the US media (ABC, NBC, CBS, NY Times and other major newspapers).

The Marxist US media is what got this inexperienced, hard leftist, anti-military President elected.

It was the Republicans who gave us the dynamic choice of an unstable McCain and an idiot Palin. If you disagree with McCain being unstable, just look how he handled his vice presidential pick.
I miss the republican party of Eisenhower and Goldwater. What would they say about the Republicans now and more importantly this chart http://zfacts.com/p/318.html

Regan and Bush 1 were the worst thing ever to happen to this country. Bush II wasn’t far behind. Obama may not be far behind but the slope hasn’t changed from W.

 

[adadadog]

Quote from MohdSalleh:


Quietly, discreetly, the Chinese are reducing their exposure to US Treasuries. Perhaps they have noticed what the rest of the world's investors pretend not to see: that the US is on a completely unsustainable fiscal course, with no apparent political means of self-correcting [/B]

U.S. government debt owned by Chinese is in single digits (5%?); owned by the FED is 50%+. Although International bankers own most of it, U.S. media controlled by them misleads the public and creates an illusion that China is the biggest U.S. creditor.

 

[MohdSalleh]

Quote from adadadog:

U.S. government debt owned by Chinese is in single digits (5%?); owned by the FED is 50%+. Although International bankers own most of it, U.S. media controlled by them misleads the public and creates an illusion that China is the biggest U.S. creditor.

The end is nigh, do what you need to do to secure your life and your children's future.