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I'm inclined to agree with volkov, just because the romans did so much more fighting than the chinese. I would look at it kinda like persia and the greek states.. although again I realize its more complicated than I say here... I would assert than the infighting among greek states was a major ...

"representative powers" is not neccesarily the same as "bastions of civilized/free world"... it all depends on who you're representing. I'd say spain most likely represented european viewpoints towards native people, if to a somewhat extreme point. But hey, you could say we represent capitalism to ...

The only problem with preemptive striking is it could redraw the lines of battle. A neutral country might side with the country they saw as the victim. If you have a world with complex alliances set up, this could be a big problem. If, however, you assume that everyone is on a side, I don't see why ...

" 'The point still remains that any country that is based on foreign investment to the extent that we are cannot afford to be lax in the exercise of its power.'

Well, that point at any rate is different than the one we started out debating, so I won't challenge you on it. It is an interesting ...

This is not Freen. Seriously. He pointed me here, but I am not he. Anyway, I like Kiss.

1. If you are stating that it is possible to be a world superpower without significant military might; i.e. with spending less on the military than we currently do, then say so. And I think few of the posters ...

I am sorry, both of the things you said came from the same problem. I meant that the indian economy's growth is growing faster than our own. The second derivative. I refered to the first. So it will be growing faster than ours. But its now now.

Britain's fall was more complicated than I said. BUT ...

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1 This is an important part of whether it is worth it to be a superpower, because this is an arguement about whether we need to have a large army as a superpower or not. If it turns out that we do, that could be a major factor in deciding if the return from being a superpower is ...