Treasury slaps sanctions on Iran after ballistic missile launch

[Chinese-Dragon]

Competition is not new to us Dragon. We've been there, done that. China is simply a new competitor, that offers a different set of challenges. As I said in my original post, no other country has the comprehensive national power of the United States. We're soon to surpass 20 trillion, and our military is only growing stronger as our modernization begins. That's not a country in decline. Our relative power is irrelevant as long as the gap from 1st to 2nd remains wide. That gap has fluctuated since WW2, but our position at the top has remained constant.

Again, America has been declining in relative power every single year since 1991. The only way to stop it is if the rest of the world suddenly stopped developing at once, and that's not going to happen.

After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, America fell into a position of uncontested global hegemony.

Fast forward to today. Now, even undeveloped countries like North Korea can make a mockery of the USA. Developing nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, etc. were all firm American "red lines" that could not be crossed, but they have been completely ignored. North Korea has stated their intent to wipe America off the face of the Earth, all while testing thermonuclear weapons and ICBMs to achieve that goal. And America can't do a single thing.

Russia seized Crimea in 2014, the world watched as America was completely powerless to do anything. China seized the Scarborough shoal from the Philippines in 2012, and America abandoned their "mutual defence treaty" with the Philippines instead of coming to fight China. Now America is drawing "red lines" all over the South China Sea, which no one even takes seriously, like the "red lines" they drew in Syria. Nobody believes them even for a second.

Even America's own allies are laughing at them, remember a few months back when the USA warned all their allies not to join the China-led AIIB? They all laughed at America and joined the AIIB anyway.

All of this happened before Donald Trump came to power. Trump is not a symptom of America becoming great again, he is a symptom of their irreversible decline.

Have you seen the news at any point during the past week? Donald Trump is making America hated among their own allies, and even picking fights with neutral countries. See what Europe thinks for example:

 

[F-22Raptor]

Again, America has been declining in relative power every single year since 1991. The only way to stop it is if the rest of the world suddenly stopped developing at once, and that's not going to happen.

After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, America fell into a position of uncontested global hegemony.

Fast forward to today. Now, even undeveloped countries like North Korea can make a mockery of the USA. Developing nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, etc. were all firm American "red lines" that could not be crossed, but they have been completely ignored. North Korea has stated their intent to wipe America off the face of the Earth, all while testing thermonuclear weapons and ICBMs to achieve that goal. And America can't do a single thing.

Russia seized Crimea in 2014, the world watched as America was completely powerless to do anything. China seized the Scarborough shoal from the Philippines in 2012, and America abandoned their "mutual defence treaty" with the Philippines instead of coming to fight China. Now America is drawing "red lines" all over the South China Sea, which no one even takes seriously, like the "red lines" they drew in Syria. Nobody believes them even for a second.

Even America's own allies are laughing at them, remember a few months back when the USA warned all their allies not to join the China-led AIIB? They all laughed at America and joined the AIIB anyway.

All of this happened before Donald Trump came to power. Trump is not a symptom of America becoming great again, he is a symptom of their irreversible decline.

Have you seen the news at any point during the past week? Donald Trump is making America hated among their own allies, and even picking fights with neutral countries. See what Europe thinks for example:

Is this really the best you could do? Come up with the same old arguments you've used for the last couple years? Your a broken record Dragon.

Do you honestly think we always got our way? You think we can just snap our fingers and get what we want? Countries have always defied us, from the Korean War, to the Vietnam War, the Soviet invasions of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, the Iranian US Embassy crisis, the communist takeover of Cuba and Eastern Europe, Desert Storm, etc etc. The 1990's were an anomaly due to the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union. The world is headed back to a state of competition, similar to the Cold War era. That you relate US power to whether we can always control other nations and world outcomes is stupid. The world has always been rife with war and conflict, in which no one nation can control. An yet even with all those conflicts and crises the US remained the foremost power in the world, which is still the case today. The relative loss of US power is irrelevant, since the US maintains the most comprehensive national power in the world. So what the rest of the world is developing? The US is progressing as well Dragon. It's why our universities, companies, and institutions remain the best in the world.

An yes I'm well aware that large parts of the world hate Trump, as well as many Americans. You know what though? The world despised Bush, and a guy named Obama came along, and the world was practically drooling at his feet. Relationships and reputations can easily be mended with the proper leadership. In 2 an a half years the race for the 2020 election is on. Trump will be judged by the American people whether he is worthy to remain the President or not.

 

[mike2000 is back]

What I see here is some really irrational behaviour from some members. People have moved from U.S sanctions(mostly limited symbolic sanctions by the way )against Iran to U.S is the evil empire and great satan that should be avoided and shunned. Never mind that many of these people who say this all trade hugely with the U.S and some get angry when U.S SANCTION them since they know deep down it will affect their eonomy hugely and want to trade with them all things being equal. Anybody who thinks the U S is the great satan that should be shunned should try and lobby their government to cut off all relations and trade with this evil country like North Korea did(they at least walk the talk.), let's see where that leaves them

Secondly, U.S is merely following it's national interests worldwide like every power does. It might use different means to go about that just like other powers have their own means and method of going about theirs. It's just geo politics . The U.S might use sanctions and other measures like threats/influence to stop some countries from doing things contrary to it's interests simply because the U.S has far more influence and power than any other country on earth. So it can afford to use such measures unlike many other aspiring powers from the developing world.

Thirdly, people keep using N.Korea as an example of a country that has succeeded in challenging and threatening the U.S and getting away with it. I don't know if some people are naive or something. N.Korea is precisely just another example of how futile it has been to do so. They are a basket case third world country suffering from malnutrition, endemic poverty, and are completely cut off from the whole world with its people living in fear of their paranoid dynasty rulers and sanctioned by every country including their neighbouring countries, while its poor oppressed people keep fleeing the country with any little opportunity they get. They are in short living in a large prison which no sane person in the world even dares visit. Lol
To make things even worse, the U.S actually benefits enormously from the current status quo/Kim regime, since their paranoia/empty rhetorics and useless threats against their advanced developed western friendly neghnouring countries S. Korea and Japan enables the U. S to justify its massive military presence and dominance of East Asia. Nothing serves U S interests more in Asia than the Kim regime. The U.S will keep hoping for the Kim's regime survival despite U.S officials often making public remarks that might make people think otherwise. LOL

To be honest though, the U.S has been far more harsh (probably for the reason I mentioned) towards N.Korea than they have been towards Iran. Which is rather peculiar.

 

[LordTyrannus]

It seems the germonz are outrages and pissed because they spread their legs 60+ years to american Boys, only to be replaced by the next turkish Beauty. Old bitter sluts them germonz.

@Markus

 

[mike2000 is back]

How does this post deserves a negative rating ? This is nothing but blatant abuse of the forum's feature.

Funny thing is many people who claim how evil a country the U.S (great satan and stuff.lol ) still leave their holy home countries to immigrate to this same evil country . They often do the same with other western countries they immigrate to and keep saying/wishing how these western countries (often their host .LOL ) are going to decline /collapsed into oblivion and how the countries they left behind are the new wealthy superpower. LOL
Baffles me.

It seems the germonz are outrages and pissed because they spread their legs 60+ years to american Boys, only to be replaced by the next turkish Beauty. Old bitter sluts them germonz.

@Markus

Lmao. That was a good one. Made me laugh.

 

[LordTyrannus]

Just look at that freaky Picture. They did not even draw eyes to Trump. They must be realy pissed. German KUNTS.

LOL