Top 5 powerful countries

Originally Posted by Village Idiot USA, both iraq wars have shown that our weapons are vastly superior to the Russians, if I recall china largely uses Russian weaponry. Plus we have more nukes.

I am not sure what level of weaponry your talking about, but it is a common fact that the AK-47 and its variants (74, 101, etc.) are far superior to the M4 Series (I think its called.) However if your talking about other weapons (Mortars, Humvees, Support Gear) I just wasted your time.

I would hope America or we better start making friends with other countries aswell.

Originally Posted by vitalize I would hope America or we better start making friends with other countries aswell.

We? Your Profile Says AU. We have plenty of friends.

No we don't. No one likes america. The only people who want to come here are poorly informed on what america is like.

Originally Posted by Blue Ire No we don't. No one likes america. The only people who want to come here are poorly informed on what america is like.

Friends was another bad word choice on my part, I probably was thinking more along the lines of "Allies" which could be out of fear as well.

Originally Posted by Indy Not quite. China has almost 1,000,000 more troops than the USA does. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._active_troops

1,000,000 more soldiers is not a very big difference in the scheme of things.

If I remember correctly from past history lessons, the United States was outnumbered 4:1 in the Battle of Midway in WWII. They still destroyed 332 jap planes and all 4 aircraft carriers, and turned the tide of the war at the same time.

As people have said before, manpower isn't everything.

Originally Posted by Jeff Andersen I voted China based on manpower, if the nuke didn't exist they'd have the edge. I'd like for someone to point out a war that the US won alone, and no nukes were used in. There are way too many factors to say who would win over who, take Vietnam for example, not only was it the intricate bunker systems but it was mainly the terrain. Manpower didn't win the war, the region fought a lot of the battle. Factors like terrain, manpower, technology and even strategy and morale have a big impact. Would need more of a precise situation to give a proper vote.

Very few wars are fought "alone." In any given war scenario we are usually supported by someone, however slight it may be.

We have only used nukes twice, and they were both during WWII. We would have won regardless, but it would have cost us about 1 million more lives.

There is a reason for lack of success in other modern wars since then. Ever since the Korean War there has been a trend. In the beginning there is overwhelming support for the war, then people start doubting the war's validity... and we are eventually pressured to withdraw. Vietnam is a prime example, and many people believe that Iraq will potentially turn out the same way.

I pray to God we won't cut and run like we did in Vietnam. It meant hell for the South Vietnamese and it would mean hell for the people of Iraq and that entire region.

Originally Posted by Blue Ire No we don't. No one likes america. The only people who want to come here are poorly informed on what america is like.

Or people who want to escape their oppressive nations and are looking to better their lives, the lives of their family, and the lives of those who are yet to be born.

One of those.

Originally Posted by stenson Or people who want to escape their oppressive nations and are looking to better their lives, the lives of their family, and the lives of those who are yet to be born.

Exactly, the misinformed.

Originally Posted by stenson 1,000,000 more soldiers is not a very big difference in the scheme of things. If I remember correctly from past history lessons, the United States was outnumbered 4:1 in the Battle of Midway in WWII. They still destroyed 332 jap planes and all 4 aircraft carriers, and turned the tide of the war at the same time. As people have said before, manpower isn't everything

I totally agree.

As an american, you grow up, attend school, and are told by everyone IN america that america is the best place on earth, that it has the best system of government, the most correct system of government. Not only this, but that any other system of government or way of life is wrong and flawed.

From birth americans are brainwashed into some sort of blind patriotism - something the founding fathers would roll over in their graves to **** on. Very few americans have any idea of what our government was created to be in the first 30 years of it's existence, and how far we have truly fallen from that place.