Russia & China are getting along well, eh ...., page-17

Rome built its empire employing military force - and the very real, and perceived certainty of its use - to enforce and provide that economic strategy. It's in any history book. The British were much the same - but more reliant with their well known capability and threats - than actual mass deployments....to achieve economic objectives.

I don't know why so many people burn yankee flags. Seems most popular in the Middle East and the Islamic world. Especially considering the US has done far more for Muslims than any other country. Considerably more. So I do find it ironic when I see citizens in that part of the world burning their flag....They should be burning their own flags....That's where they have been let down...corruption, discrimination, terror, murder, all hallmarks of a society that has lost its way for a thousand years and more. And that society won't find its way - invading us - while trying to maintain their death cult.