Originally Posted by pj67coll

Nobody knows. It's all speculation at this point and only history will provide the ulitmate answer.

Though on balance I'd have to say it probably will not be good for the US. There are those who facilely shout "yay" from the rooftops and are happy with the idea of a reduced US influence in the world. Problem is they are ignorant of the reality that the increase in influence of the likes of China etc is not necessarity a good thing. It is not so much the possibiliyt of the loss of the dollars position of significance in the world that causes the triouble as the trouble the world will be in in that makes the idea of such a chance possible.

In other words those whot think history has played itself out and we are entering a time of reduced turmoil and war are pathetically naieve.

- Peter.