
Originally Posted by
kygorski
Geo, my silk road post pointed outnthat we are not the great super power we once were.. It wasn't meant to be political, just a statement of what eventually happens to ALL great nations. the sun never set on the british empire, alexander concured the world as they knew it. Pax Romana lasted a long time. Ebventually all those nations started looking in at themselves, were in that process now.What history also shows us, you don't come back to greatness. This is still my best country, will always be, is it perfect, Hell no, never was. George Orwell long ago wrote about spheres of influence, and like the brother watching us, we are almost on the sphere track.