Topic: United States versus United Europe
Optomistic69's photo
Fri 06/22/12 09:55 AM
Is This What is Being Played out in Front of Our Eyes?

The American geography is an impressive one. The Greater Mississippi Basin together with the Intracoastal Waterway has more kilometers of navigable internal waterways than the rest of the world combined. The American Midwest is both overlaid by this waterway and is the world's largest contiguous piece of farmland. The U.S. Atlantic Coast possesses more major ports than the rest of the Western Hemisphere combined. Two vast oceans insulated the United States from Asian and European powers, deserts separate the United States from Mexico to the south, while lakes and forests separate the population centers in Canada from those in the United States. The United States has capital, food surpluses and physical insulation in excess of every other country in the world by an exceedingly large margin. So like the Turks, the Americans are not important because of who they are, but because of where they live.


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That leaves only the lands of northern Eurasia -- Europe, the former Soviet Union and China -- as candidates for an anti-American coalition of substance. Northern Eurasia holds even more arable land than North America, but it is split among three regions: the North European Plain, the Eurasian steppe and the Yellow River basin. Although the developed lands of the North European Plain and the Eurasian steppe are adjacent, they have no navigable waterways connecting them, and even within the North European Plain none of its rivers naturally interconnects.


Read more: The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire | Stratfor


willing2's photo
Fri 06/22/12 10:03 AM
Our Southern border is way too porous.
We need at least a 5 mile dead man zone, yeah, I said it, to keep out infiltrating terrorists and Illegals.

Think I'm so mean? Goo-Goo other countries Illegal Immigration or Illegal Invasion policies.

That would make for better insulation and create jobs.drinker


Chazster's photo
Fri 06/22/12 10:20 AM
Our land has nothing to do with our advances in technology. Where did electricity come from? How about the car? Personal computers? We are way more than our natural resources.

AndyBgood's photo
Fri 06/22/12 10:24 AM
I Europe really united? On top of that Americans are armed. if blue helmets were marching on us I would get all Partisan on them. And there are a host of other Americans who would not take an invasion lightly.

Optomistic69's photo
Fri 06/22/12 10:36 AM

I Europe really united? On top of that Americans are armed. if blue helmets were marching on us I would get all Partisan on them. And there are a host of other Americans who would not take an invasion lightly.


This is not about invading .

This is about Economic Dominance.


No, Europe is not United but someone is scared it might become United.





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The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire

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Optomistic69's photo
Fri 06/22/12 10:37 AM

Our land has nothing to do with our advances in technology. Where did electricity come from? How about the car? Personal computers? We are way more than our natural resources.







Read more:

The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire

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Fri 06/22/12 10:45 AM


Our land has nothing to do with our advances in technology. Where did electricity come from? How about the car? Personal computers? We are way more than our natural resources.







Read more:

The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire

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Chazster's photo
Fri 06/22/12 10:49 AM


Our land has nothing to do with our advances in technology. Where did electricity come from? How about the car? Personal computers? We are way more than our natural resources.







Read more:

The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire

Stratfor


Not going by some persons opinion I am going by facts. Europe isn't uniting. If they did it doesn't change how we advance as a country.

Optomistic69's photo
Fri 06/22/12 11:30 AM



Our land has nothing to do with our advances in technology. Where did electricity come from? How about the car? Personal computers? We are way more than our natural resources.







Read more:

The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire

Stratfor


Not going by some persons opinion I am going by facts. Europe isn't uniting. If they did it doesn't change how we advance as a country.


If Europe unites it might well help America as you will have to compete a hell of a lot morebigsmile

Chazster's photo
Fri 06/22/12 12:46 PM
Compete with what? It's not gonna change much.

Optomistic69's photo
Fri 06/22/12 12:59 PM
Got some very interesting reading to catch-up on regarding The Unifying of The Globebigsmile


InvictusV's photo
Fri 06/22/12 01:41 PM
Europe has the same problem we do.

An aging population and millions of uneducated non assimilating immigrants..

China.. India.. massive populations.. slave labor..

Neither the US or Europe can compete selling trinkets or solar panels.

Chazster's photo
Fri 06/22/12 01:52 PM

Europe has the same problem we do.

An aging population and millions of uneducated non assimilating immigrants..

China.. India.. massive populations.. slave labor..

Neither the US or Europe can compete selling trinkets or solar panels.


Will will be facing an engineering shortage before long. I am so pumped for it. Salaries are gonna rise, lots of job opportunities. Woo hoo

HotRodDeluxe's photo
Fri 06/22/12 02:49 PM
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/geopolitics-united-states-part-1-inevitable-empire

Here is the link to the full article. There is no cause for alarm.

InvictusV's photo
Fri 06/22/12 03:23 PM
Are these the signs of Europe uniting?


GDANSK, Poland — The giant blue-and-white flag blotted out the overcast Baltic sky on Friday as the Greek fans pounded their drums and cheered at the foot of the centuries-old City Hall here. The Germans took up a chant in honor of their chancellor, Angela Merkel.

Without Angie, you wouldn’t be here,” bellowed the German fans, referring to the multibillion-dollar bailouts Greece has received from European partners, first and foremost Germany.

“We’ll never pay you back,” countered the Greeks. “We’ll never pay you back.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/world/europe/greece-vs-germany-spills-off-soccer-field.html