tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post6582724617218801552..comments2023-12-29T21:34:44.579-05:00Comments on Political Yen/Yang: A Must ReadLA Sunsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-91751857348096273942007-11-05T13:45:00.000-05:002007-11-05T13:45:00.000-05:00Mustang,//I agree the question is not “will” the i...Mustang,<BR/><BR/><EM>//I agree the question is not “will” the influence of the United States wane, but when.//</EM><BR/><BR/>I think we are seeing some of the decline manifest itself, with the decline of the US Dollar. Not if, but when the Euro replaces the Dollar as the world trading currency, we will need to come to this realization, quickly.LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-66881339422884355462007-11-05T09:47:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:47:00.000-05:00It is not a coincidence that Britain became and re...It is not a coincidence that Britain became and remained a great empire and while it created and maintained the world’s greatest Navy; nor should we be surprised to learn that the fall of the British Empire came at a time when it no longer believed that its navy was worth maintaining. Alfred Mahan argued successfully for the creation of a formidable United States Navy when he wrote, <EM>“The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com