There's a problem with your argument, because we have "favored trading partner" status, China's economy is almost completely dependant on us. If we collapse, they collapse.

It won't happen. Arabs will not openly stand against arabs with non-arabs. There was one exception, and that was because we were protecting Saudi Arabia and kicking Saddam out of Kuwait. Even then, they gurdgingly agreed, because they saw a tarnish upon their honor as better then being dead.

LOL, not that I care for either party, but Iran would CRUSH isreal in less than 4 days if it wanted. One week tops and they could wipe Isreal off the map.

You knew bad shit was going to go down when everybody started to resign...

Is GDP growth negative? Are leading indicators up or down? Are market indexes rising or falling? GDP is positive, leading indicators are up and all indexes are rising. All of these economic indicators are pointing towards economic growth.

If that were true, then Kerry would have been elected president. :2 cents:

Not with the United States running Iraq they can't.

50 Iran war prophecies:






I agree.

Economic allies will have the strongest ties in the future ahead.
Japan has a vested interest in supporting the US and China will be in the same position. Considering a conflict with China is stupid at best in any regard and certainly a waste of government resources which need to focus on getting us out of the mess we are in now.

I wish this weren't true, but I believe it to be. :(

The bomb worked in WWII because we were fighting a government body. We're not fighting a government body right now, so bombs can't work. Bombs simply don't work in guerilla warfare. That was true in Korea and Vietnam, and it is true today. We are coming to understand that, which is why there isn't crap for bombs and cruise missiles being used. Where the hell would we use them? On a city? Fine, we'll get something like 5 insurgents and 37 civilians. Even if only 1 family member or friend of each of the 37 killed civilians joins the insurgents (and I'm sure Al Jazeera will make sure of that), the insurgents just had a net gain of 32 members. Good work America! :thumbsup

Whoa!!!!

That's right and it totally slipped my mind when I made this post.

That situation alone is more evidence than anything I said.

Colin Powell was a moderate and tried to talk Bush out of invading Iraq, but had to go along with him in public, because he's supposed to be Bush's international mouth piece. Powell tried to get Bush to not invade, but allow a diplomatic solution. Condie Rice isn't as moderate and she's very religious, though I'm not sure if she's quite the zealot Bush is. Still, she's religious enough that I'm sure she would feel honored to help carry out biblical prophecy. :(

Well, I'd like to see your evidence that the Kerry campaign raised more money than the Bush campaign.

That's an interesting theory about them wanting to bring about the end of the world as some sort of biblical prophecy, but it doesn't hold.

The reason that wouldn't be the case is because people in Government are not religious. They will say they are because many Americans are and you can't get into office without claiming you believe in God. Do any of them actually believe it? I doubt it. The bible preaches peace and love and condemns greed and killing. The latter are things that Governments are involved in on a continuous basis. If you were religious chances are you wouldn't step anywhere near running for office because of what it entails. None of those people would be true Christians according to the teachings in the bible as far as I can tell.

So I don't think it's just a matter of them fulfilling a prophecy.

indeed

Sure...
Bush's US can't even deal with some medium sized poorly equipped guys in dresses that call themselves Iraqi resistance :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

bush is legitimately very religious. even bob woodward confirmed this. does he want to being about the end of the world? he had a cryptic answer to one of woodward's questions. woodward asked him how Bush's policies would be perceived by people in the future (or something like that). Bush replied, "it doesn't matter, because we'll all be dead." bush is a weird dude.