Quote

[acutevoltaire]

"Money, political and military force, and stockpiles of modern weapons overawe governments that lack the support of their own people." - Supreme Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei

Comments

[sykette]

Which is why the US is the only real super-power in the world right now (although I personally feel that China will be there in my lifetime).

[acutevoltaire]

Yeah, China does seem to be getting pretty close. And it doesn't help that we keep borrowing money from them...

[sykette]

If I were China, I wouldn't ask for it back anytime soon. I would just wait and use it as a form of political blackmail, lol.

[acutevoltaire]

My thoughts exactly.

[xeneth]

Does someone have a rubber band, because oh SNAP!