Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
azur wrote:The answer could well be "All of the above", i.e. US is warned to curb its agressive foreign policy, but as usual ignores the UN and world opinion and invades a few well stocked countries to 'spread freedom'.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
EdwinSm wrote:Hugo has missed some important meetings recently - so this is refueling rumours about his health in light of the cancer ops he has had. (heard on radio news this am - so no link so far).
If he dies will the USA have to invade, or will the next leader be more willing to trade?
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
sparky wrote:.
Obviously the thread is about acquiring the main producers assets for the US by force
Russia doesn't care they are well armed and have enough to supply themselves
the consumer countries will be rolling over to them to get some barrels
those left hanging will be the Europeans and the eastern Asia trio Korea , Japan , China
while they do not have the military muscle to do anything much about it ,
they would probably concentrate on their financial push , the US is a debtor nation after all
bankruptcy would be the probable consequence
sparky wrote:.
China has the local muscle but is in the watchful eyes of the US Navy for its trading routes ,
it is totally dependent on free sea lanes for coal and oil imports
beyond Singapore and Taiwan their reach is close to zero
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