[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] cRiPpL3fIgHt45 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] nuchy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] pitbullfathead So much debate over a useless question. Is the US military overrated? The answer is yes and no. The American war machine is a lot of things. It's average soldiers are trained well enough. It's stocked with all the armament it requires. It has the political power to invade other countries. Blind patriotism to fuel the engine. But by far the most influential thing is how much money America spends on the "war effort". Excuse me America, but what "war" are you fighting in? Do you mean forcibly altering the power structure of a country through death? That's the "war on terror" right? Riddle me this, how do enormous jets fly beyond security limits, and America's supreme air superiority is unable to stop it? Peaceful nature cannot be established through any form of violent nature, that's why revolutions have never stopped oppression. That's why invading a country does not make people love you. The U.S. would never be able to take over the world because there are around 7,000,000,000 people to deal with. Do you think they could stomp out guerilla warfare with armed forces? Hell no. The only possibility for total dominance is nuclear holocaust which is a ludicrous solution. Enjoy the radioactive planet you call Earth and have fun rebuilding that manpower. Even if they did, do you think the problems we have now would be any different??? All that being said, I take a look at this thread, and the people in it attempting to beat their drum louder than the other guy... *sigh*, at least go outside and have fun with your life lest these spoken things become your reality some day. There it is, take it or leave it. By the time you're reading this now I've already closed my browser and moved on. Peace.[/quote] You know, taking over the world wouldn't happen over night. Ohh and the US would just light those forests on fire. They could also take out some of the ore powerful countries with nukes first like the UK. The UK could be completely wiped off the map, its not that big.[/quote]Why would the US nuke its allies? [/quote] This is a hypothetical scenario.