Pope John XXIII
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I think you are missing three things thoughTo keep them in check . The way i look at it is the U.S are the playground bullies because they have the military might , yes they throw their weight around and we have to kiss their arse to stay onside with them and they are irritating . But can you imagine if it was Iran who had that military firepower , we'd be dust , they'd be no arse kissing it wouldn't even be an option we'd be gone simple as .
That's why i'll always be far more worried about radical , extremist countries becoming too powerful than the U.S.
1) it's more complicated than "if Iran had that power, we'd be dust". Would Iran wish to launch a global takeover if they had America's power? Maybe, but that was their stance in 1979- they have shown little interest in militarily spreading shi'itism across the middle east, let alone Islam across the world since then. They live in a global ecosystem like everyone else and haven't really tried to change that.
2) there are a lot of countries who, with that power, might well seek to subjugate us. Russia certainly, as would North Korea, and certainly Hamas or any of the main Palestinian authorities- I would be more confident of death from them than from anybody.
And I seriously wouldn't want to assume the current Israeli government would see us as friends, or even worthy of life, if they had that power. While your average Israeli probably has no issue with us, some of your far right hardline conservatives there would certainly see gentiles wiped off the planet I think.
3) America does have that power, and it has never been closer to using it against us than it is under Trump


