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Quote from: Don Rizzle on May 10, 2006, 03:16:12 AMiraq would just get annexed by iranThat would be a great solution. If Iran and the majority of Iraqi's are pleased with it, then why shouldn't they do it?
iraq would just get annexed by iran
about a yr ago china did launch a rocket into space, so they are tryin to get recognition again as not just bein a third world country... personally i wouldve spent the 5mil or so on bringin the country back onto its feet....
No.
In the 15th century China had a seafleet way in advance of the european navies, which included the under compartments which provide boyency could be individually flooded (this technoligy wasn't utilised by the west until it was used in titanic hundreds of years later), they had multiple masts and sails which and the actual boat sizes were 5 times larger than the european equivilants (over 500feet long). Had the Chineese utilised their seapower like the european colinonial powers did, i have no doubt that they would have been sucessful in annexing every country in the world under one single empire. However a quick shift in chineese fofeign politics where they decided to adopt an isolationist approach, and subsequently they recalled all their fleets and outlawed multi-mast ships, put end to them being world power for over half a millenium. Now china are quickly getting closer that stage again where the whole world will be at their grasp, although its different world to what it was back then mostly due to the events of the second world war and the cold war, however i see china becoming the next super power in ourlifetimes on a par with no other.
Moreover, a real superpower must also have "soft power" -- ideas and values that other peoples can and will absorb.
More then you think I live in Turkey and it is funny how the people try and dress and act like Americans now I realize the further down south from Turkey that this isnt the case, for now, it isnt. From McDonalds, Coca-Cola to MTV, American cinema, American clothing, and electronics to name some. American culture is more powerful than you think. You gotta see some of these stupid bitches in the turkish clubs tryin to look like bitches they see on MTV. American culture is very powerful.
Quote from: Trauma on December 14, 2004, 06:16:19 AMNo. car to elaborate? comments like that are worth fuck all
Yeah, I know about Turkey, but I'm more specifically referring to some of the Arab countries plus Iran.
Plus, pop-culture and food aren't "values".