Originally Posted by theking

The economy is still in a state of growth...although it is in a slowdown period. Technically we are not yet in a recession as a recession is officially defined...but even if we were we have had recessions in the past and came out of them stronger than ever before. We once even had a depression and came out of it as a World power. We have the same allies that we had coming out of the second world war and even more...since there are now more NATO members than ever. We have not lost a single country. As for some foreign smucks opinion...I could personally care less...and I think this applies to the majority of Americans. America is...and will remain...the Worlds leading economic and military power for many decades to come.