why we lost WW III
We lost because we are irrelevant. We are a nation of consumers rather than producers. Much of our industry is service oriented, that is, it really doesn't do anything, but our financial houses and stock markets can really make it look like we do.
World War III is/was not about ideology, but conquest. The conquest, for the most part, did not involve tanks, helicopters or rockets, it involved raw materials and the establishment of relationships that define how these materials are to be used.
One good example of our situation involves our friend, Kim Jung Il in the DPRK. A few months ago, Kim attempted to test an A-Bomb. There has been no official word on how the test is being seen, (in a technical sense), by the rest of the world, but it was probably a dud, yielding only half a kiloton in explosive energy. The United States immediately lept to the fore of international indignation, stamped its feet, cursed, and proclaimed that this threat would not go unanswered. The ROK, Japan, China, and Russia and the US all banded together to impose sanctions on Kim's regime. So, as winter approaches, where do we stand on this?
We have decided to withhold iPods's from the North Koreans. Thats right, if we get our way, those guys will be struttin down the streets listening to old pirated CD's of Snoop Dog on bulky, worn out Walkmen, rather than the state of the art, (not to mention cool), iPods the Georgie and his staff use. Oh, the horror of it!
The truth is, the world depends on the US for just about nothing. There was a time when we could almost feed the world, (and still could), but we are no longer unique in that respect. We supply nothing, except dollars, to the world, and consume much from them. So, who is powerful and who isn't? Some days, it seems like we have a lot in common with Finland.
The talk around the nation has been the ramifications of the recent elections, and those that will occur two years hence. One of the most serious issues that will confront us in the next decade is what will we contribute to the world? We really can't go on believing our opinions to carry any weight when we are significant only in our buying habits. this is not to push all the other big issues aside, but this one might determine what we have to work with in the coming century...
World War III is/was not about ideology, but conquest. The conquest, for the most part, did not involve tanks, helicopters or rockets, it involved raw materials and the establishment of relationships that define how these materials are to be used.
One good example of our situation involves our friend, Kim Jung Il in the DPRK. A few months ago, Kim attempted to test an A-Bomb. There has been no official word on how the test is being seen, (in a technical sense), by the rest of the world, but it was probably a dud, yielding only half a kiloton in explosive energy. The United States immediately lept to the fore of international indignation, stamped its feet, cursed, and proclaimed that this threat would not go unanswered. The ROK, Japan, China, and Russia and the US all banded together to impose sanctions on Kim's regime. So, as winter approaches, where do we stand on this?
We have decided to withhold iPods's from the North Koreans. Thats right, if we get our way, those guys will be struttin down the streets listening to old pirated CD's of Snoop Dog on bulky, worn out Walkmen, rather than the state of the art, (not to mention cool), iPods the Georgie and his staff use. Oh, the horror of it!
The truth is, the world depends on the US for just about nothing. There was a time when we could almost feed the world, (and still could), but we are no longer unique in that respect. We supply nothing, except dollars, to the world, and consume much from them. So, who is powerful and who isn't? Some days, it seems like we have a lot in common with Finland.
The talk around the nation has been the ramifications of the recent elections, and those that will occur two years hence. One of the most serious issues that will confront us in the next decade is what will we contribute to the world? We really can't go on believing our opinions to carry any weight when we are significant only in our buying habits. this is not to push all the other big issues aside, but this one might determine what we have to work with in the coming century...
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