Originally posted by 95EXSDN
The U.S. has chosen it's wars since the fall of the USSR. You're comparing the U.S. with empires. The U.S. is not an empire. It is a free country that allows anyone in or out. And who said that we possess the world's most advanced technology?? No. We have money and influence. This globe is so interactive today that anyone we're doing business with wants the U.S. market alive.
Let's not forget freedom. FREEDOM, if not the U.S. will live a ripe old age.
BTW - folks! the end of the world in 2012?? Is your last name Orwell?
This is a very narrow interpretation of the word "empire." I would question wether other nations have a choice in buying into our hegemony. We dominate the world's economy. In order to survive, most countries need major loans from the world bank (guess where that money comes from) or from the united states directly. If there is a freedom of choice, wether or not to get sucked in, the arab world (and N. Korea) seem to be the only nations excercising that freedom.