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Originally Posted by Bosk
I certainly don't think America can keep going around invading whoever it pleases, for whatever reasons it pleases and expect the rest of the world to grin and bear it, and keep happily buying it's dollars. Nor does it's "you're either with us or with the terrorists" style of diplomacy seem to be winning it any friends either.
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The other thing to bear in mind is that it isn't just America generally invading nations. When you characterize it that way it sounds like something thats not very nice but also tolorable inevitably. Its not just about people or nations getting miffed, its a matter of the stability of the world economy. If America somehow ends up invading OR Attacking Iran its likely going to end our era of economic prosperity. Iran has the means to effectively halt the flow of oil from the Middle East, between their own reserves and the military capability to sink any tankers that want to run the waters within Iran's reach, and that reach is ample enough to affect enogh oil routes that comprise enough of a bulk to crash the market.
After that you have America truly losing all credibility as a superpower. Being the most powerful nation doesn't mean you can invade everyone, it means that everyone trusts you and is willing to work with you or at least respect you. America's brazen and irrational foreign policy since 2003 and earlier is a serious threat to itself. People say that everyone predicts America's decline incorrectly, but invading a major nation such as Iran would be the ultimate gaff in America's long history of questionable military moves.
Lets just pray Bush is satisfied with keeping the numbers in Iraq high until his term runs out.