Quote from achilles28:
Please show us proof (historical precedent) your theory holds water.
Quote from chaykapwr:
Thats a long list.
Or how about Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the one which basically gave the US Az, Nv, Ut, Nm, Ca and minor pieces of other modern day states. The US offered approx 30 million for Ca, the Mexicans said no so what did the US do? Started a war, paid only 15 million and got MUCH more land than the original offer.

Quote from achilles28:
A "long list" with one historical example....
Your hill-billy reasoning is flawed because our creditors sit on gigantic economies with nuclear weapons and sophisticated armies. And there is not one "Mexico". There are many 'Mexicos'. And they dont look like Mexico. They look like China.
Anything else?
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Would you like me to list all of the military interventions by the United States? Or list everytime the US turned on a country due to them denying the US something?
And sophisticated armies? lol you are joking right? you mean the Koreans with their weapons that cant make it off the launch pad, let alone to the shores of the US?
Please let me know what other countries have sophisticated armies? Pakistan? North Korea?
And the Chinese are sophisticated? With their 60 year old battle ship from the USSR? They use technology that is outdated. In fact, the technology that the US uses that they allow us to see (B2, drones etc) is outdated. The things going on in secret in places like area 51 is much more advanced than anyone on this board can comprehend. The government has even admitted that any technology that is introduced by the military is already 10 years old on its debut. In other words, if China is sophisticated , the US is a different species all together.
Quote from achilles28:
Let me spell it out for you like this, hombre.
The Soviets, despite their vastly inferior technology, lost the cold war because economically, they couldn't keep up.
See the title of this thread? US is about 3 years from Greece. The US is going broke. They couldn't beat the rag-heads in Afghanistan and Iraq, but somehow, will smash 8 Trillion dollar economies (like China and Japan....nuclear armed and capable, mind you), because Hill Billies are infatuated with Pax Americana. What happened to the British? Fought too many wars, were overly indebted, and crumbled. Sound familiar?
Quote from chaykapwr:
The difference between America and every other country is not that the US dollar is a reserve currency but the fact that the US has the POWER behind the dollar. I mean, if the US doesnt get what it wants when it asks nicely, it will get it by force. If any country demands payment on the bonds they hold, the US could send a couple of B-2s out, make a little show and shut everyone up
The bully on the block gets his way, one way or another, and as long as the bully keeps everyone else from getting strong, no bigger bully will come along.