Your teacher's retarded.

1. It did not matter if the USSR was two decades behind the US in technology, the USSR's power remained far reaching and the US's ability to break that power was limited. It was only through Gorbachev that the balance of power was broken and the USSR collapsed.
2. China's technology isn't even close to the US'. Their tech is pathetic. Technologically, the US is also advancing. Hint, the US is responsible for 50% of the world's military spending.
3. While the US may borrow from China, China's economy is still insignificant to the US economy. No economy comes close to the mammoth size of the US economy, unless you consider the European Union as a country.

> flipmode wrote:

> valid point.

my rebuttle=your retarted>>

Whatever. There was no point in me giving a rebuttal, but I decided to be nice and educate you with some basic points.

justinian wrote

2. China's technology isn't even close to the US'. Their tech is pathetic. Technologically, the US is also advancing. Hint, the US is responsible for 50% of the world's military spending.

kind of like when USA was producing their own military weapons in china because it was cheaper and got caught with it. ya thats really smart for national security eh?

"kind of like when USA was producing their own military weapons in china because it was cheaper and got caught with it. ya thats really smart for national security eh?"

what does that have to do with anything?

i dont think anyone here is denying that China has extremly cheap labour which makes it so they are a good choice some of the time when you want something built. but thats not what defines a superpower... and it doesnt make the US not a superpower...

the US is a superpower, because during this world economic crisis, the leaders of the top countries look to the US and go to Washington. the US is a superpower because it has by far the most powerful millitary in the world. the US is a superpower because it has more influence in the world then any other country. None of this can really be disputed...

"Aren't they a 3rd world country? icon39"

you talking about China or the US?

the topic being debated isn't even is USA a superpower i just put that in the heading.

avogadro wrote

because during this world economic crisis, the leaders of the top countries look to the US and go to Washington.

now more along my topic. yes they did, and is that because US was the major player in this economic crisis. Was my point on clinton making china a "friendly nation" with US part of it. making them able to invest in their productions, moving your jobs elsewhere. was my point on america pulling out companies in china because of increased wages, going to places like saipan a commonwealth where they take chinese workers and payed under a dollar have any reason for that.

just saying times have shifted your economic basis and there will be trying times ahead for North america and many other western nations. Was GM and Ford trying to be bailed out not a sign? Is your auto industry not an important factor in your success.

this wasn't a one sided argument and the reason why i brought up obama was because he probably has the toughest seat since lincoln.

After reading the first post and the following posts, I'm convinced no one actually knows what they're debating.

Flipmode, please in one clear sentance, state what your arguing for or are trying to prove. That might advance this thread past the directionless points.

America is superpowerful. It is superpowerful because there is only one country on earth that can attack any place at any time with any given weapon. Other countries just dont have the strong enough navy and a strong enough intelligence system (space). The EU is rising and has technology close to what the US has but they dont have the numbers and the organization. If there was a war not all the countries in EU would band together to fight. But it is likely that the US will come to the rescue of the EU simply because they are another "democracy" like the US.

ALso it is ridiculous to think china's economy is stronger than the US. the US depends on china and china depends on the US. Why do you think China is stil holding on to all those dollars? CHINA DOESNT WANT TO SINK THE DOLLAR. Imagine how life would get worse for all the chinese factory workers who overnight lose their jobs. Can you say revolt?

My point: technology isnt everything, it is technology coupled with size that makes a superpower these days. The economis are so interlocked that this does not even matter.

"Lol USA is no longer a superpower" - are you serious? that gave me a good laugh, and for the rest of your post you clearly are just showing your a USA hater with no good reasons .... *sighs* why doesnt so many people hate on USA?

~ Cloud

The US is still a superpower.  What defined superpowers during the cold war was the range of influence.  One could say that the USSR was an industrially developing nation, but could not deny that sheer influence it held over Eastern Europe and Asia as a result of it's military and political power.  The same goes for the US (minus the developing part) - it had built strong allies with nations in Western Europe, Asia, and Latin America.