'Sun setting on American global domination' says National Intelligence Council

i don't think those in power are going to relinquish american hegemony voluntarily. i predict some pretty severe resource wars in the years to come. doesn't matter if we lose economic supremacy if we retain military supremacy. free market globalism has always been bolstered by military intimidation. as our economic and political leverage decreases, our war mongering will likely increase.

This is true but, i feel there is also hope. When the concern over resource based conflict enters the picture it is important to remember that water (not oil) will be at the center. Countries will measure wealth based on the amount of fresh water within there borders and wars will be fought over an actual need to survive. From where I sit, in Michigan, I feel that if we protect our Great Lakes and punish polluters we will hold on to a bit of security in this unknown and potentially explosive future.

That's exactly why America is so jumpy these days - and has been getting increasingly so over recent years. I foresee a period of very strong protectionism, perhaps even with the US retreating further and further into itself as the East gets more control. It's something they know they ultimately can't fight, no matter how much they're currently in denial.

Yea, they may say that the shift may move from the west to the east.. i.e. China, however looking at the way the Chinese are polluting their country and poisoning their people, I reckon they may not even last that long as a major player. Further, the East is export economies and the way that consumers are consuming less, they may have a few issues coming their way.

Look at history people. We can come through this. And who cares if we are a super power? I dont. Let someone else carry that burden a while. Its going to take a major shift in priorities, volunteering to help the less fortunate. But we cant become paralyzed and give up hope. The decadence, narcisism, selfishness , power and greed will be banished and those people will be humbled.Hollywood will feel it too. Hopefully all the trash movies will be replaced with something of hope and inspiration. V. is right, the whole world is connected now, so we will need to stop tearing down our neighbors and find common ground and strengths to survive.

I see nothing wrong with the United States becoming a second rate power. If fact throughout the majority of our history, thats what we were. It wasn't until after WW II with the rise communism and the military industrial complex that we took on the mantle of "superpower".

I think once we get Dictator Bush and his Regime out of office and the dust settles, things will quiet down. No Doubt Bush is a war monger and cares about nothing but Global Domination. Good Riddance!

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i'm glad somebody is seeing the bigger picture

This was posted a day or so ago-- regarding societial changes--

http://www.thevenusproject.com/

Anyone read read Plato 'The Republic"?

A feudal future awaits us!!

Ofcourse I have read in a magazine that China will dominate AMERICA within few decades and power will be shifted to east.The growing economy of China is the example

It's the End of the World as we know it! And I feel fine!!

Then it only follows that we can retire from being the world police. That if nothing else seems like a fair exchange.

Capitalism failed because it is based on greed. It will always ultimately fail. What is ahead is certainly change on a global scale, and that is the norm.

I foresee a strong economic shift, but capitalism will change too (sort of like we are shifting to socialism now) and new commodoties will emerge as this nations money source, rest assured. If anything capitalists are resourceful.

But as long as we drop back from world politics, stop trying to export domocracy, stop wars, and keep up our military, we wont be invaded. That is about the brightest silver lining I can come up with!

what goes up, must come down.

We'll be back.

Iraq was to America what Syracuse was to Athens. Big foreign policy blunders often translate into a shift in the balance of power, as we have seen throughout history.

Then again, I remember all the talk in the 1980s about how the Japanese were going to overtake us, and here we are. Nothing is for certain, the future is not predetermined.

NinePounds6:

There's nothing wrong with Capitalism at all.

The problem is with how America uses capitalism or DOESN'T use capitalism.

Capitalism failed because of the federal reserve and the control banks have over it.

When you put interest on the money created and do not have any means of paying it back you further ruin the economy every time you print money. $700 billion dollar bail-outs accelerate this process into lightspeed.

As long as America prints money and does not export resources or back the dollar, our economy will continue to fall..

The economy is now in such bad shape that outsourcing can no longer cover the cost of production. Thus, the mask has been broken that the American economy has been wearing and we're now seeing the results.

The only move to mask this economic failure at this point is to begin replacing workers with machines and automate our industry.

In order for that to happen, Obama MUST INVEST TAX DOLLARS INTO SCIENCE.

Unfortunately, this will eliminate jobs and send unemployment rates even higher unless we unite w/ China/Mexico (NAU is already on it's way) and allow them to be the workers of businesses that we run.

This of course will require an overhaul of the entire US school system to gear us to be entrepreneurs and business leaders as opposed to worker bees and this basically brings back slavery....

Welcome to Globalization / New World Order...

My name is IMMININT and I'd be happy to be your guide... Please scan your RFID chips at the door and fall into line.

Thats all for now... thanks for reading my rant ;)

It's so funny how the prospect of the end of US global domination scares so many people. We've only been a super power for around 60 years. We were fine before then.

No one is going to invade us, we have a geographical advantage and an armed populous.

The US is the freest nation on earth but our foreign policies are as barbaric as any 'rogue state'. A loss of US influence is actually a good thing for the 3rd world.

So what?

I don't think anyone has it better in this world. I think the illusions of things and money has made people think that one place is omg better than another when that's not even the case. Even when a country was in power during history they were not necessarily the best place to live.

And this is why... everyone of you are being such fatalists, as if there is nothing we can do. Well have fun in your future fate, but I know I'll spend my life trying to do something about it.

Nothing is decided. There is still place for action.

Obama's "change" motto was right after all.