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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [qb]They are controlled by people with no morals... They ARE a threat, whether you think so or not... China's the threat to world peace, not us.[/qb][/QUOTE] The above quote is a sample of propaganda. In this case, we have a wonderful example of a technique called "name-calling." In this instance, we are attempting to demonize our enemy in order to give ourselves the reassuring feeling that we are not wrong in our effort to turn a quarter of the world's population into free-floating molecules. [QUOTE][qb]Us, a threat?[/qb][/QUOTE] Yes, believe it or not, the United States of America is a threat. We possess what is probably the world's most advanced military in terms of technology. We have a nuclear device strapped to everything that moves short of gerbils and mosquitos. We have enough firepower stockpiled to send the Earth back in time by several centuries. We have shown ourselves to be quite the righteous people as we interfere in the internal dynamics of other nations. There's Panama that immediately comes to mind as well as quite a few West African nations. How about the School of the Americas, where we train guerrillas so that they can go start revolutions in their home countries? We done all this before, and we have the means of doing all this again. In summary, yes, we are a threat. [QUOTE][qb]If we wanted to rule the world, we could and would.[/qb][/QUOTE] No, we could not. The United States may have the most military technology available, but all that is good for is bringing the governments of the other hundred-plus nations into submission. And even if the governments submitted, the 6 billion people of the world would not. There would be constant rebellions and other acts of violent outrage. The US could never force 6 billion people to believe that taking over the world was a good thing. However, before even getting there, one has to assume that the United States could single-handedly defeat the rest of the world combined. This is not possible as well. As we bombed them to hell, many nations (like the UK, France, Russia, China) would retaliate. The result would be anarchy as all governments collapsed. Read [i]Alas, Babylon![/i] for one interpretation of how things could have gone if the USA and USSR squared off many years ago. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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