Remember when America was the sole Super Power circa 1990 ? Anyone believe China will be so generous in allowing other nations to beat them?

[shockedcanadian]

Flash back to 1990, the Berlin Wall had collapsed. Communism had lost it's influence, relegated back to it's source nations. The Eastern Bloc in taters and slowly dissolving.

America was now the sole super power. No rivals. So powerful in fact, that when East Germany collapsed, the West went in and secured the files of the Stasi. A treasure trove of vital information (of those that weren't incinerated).

America was the top economy, followed by Japan. Hell, even weak, creepy, horse and buggy Canada had a larger economy than Communist China back then! They were a mere 3rd of a trillion in GDP in 11th place on the world stage, even with their massive population.

Ranking of the World's Richest Countries by GDP (1990) - Classora Knowledge Base

Ranking of the World's Richest Countries by GDP. The World Bank annually classifies world countries based on their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of a country's production of goods and services during a time period, usually a quarter or a year. The...

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How things have changed. One weak leader after another in nation after nation. Incompetent agencies, Western intelligence and advisors, either woefully useless or outsmarted by their adversaries.

Does anyone believe for a second, that if (and when by the looks of it), China becomes the sole super power, that they will be so generous as to allow other nations to catch up and surpass them? That they will allow any nation to hold them accountable or be members of the global league of nations? Or, would we expect them to dictate and reign?

The post-Trump years are going to an interesting period of time. Seems he was just a minor irritant to the global socialists. A short side track.

 

[candycorn]

Nobody believed that.

 

[TheGreenHornet]

America missed a great opportunity when Russia collapsed.

Bill Clinton missed a great opportunity

Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin Missed Historic Opportunity

Transcripts from the 1990s show how the U.S. could have helped put Russia on a different course.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[MarathonMike]

Bill Clinton was just one of several US Presidents who helped create the CCP monster.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Bill Clinton was just one of several US Presidents who helped create the CCP monster.

And Western leaders in general. They were drunk on self benefit and the tales some put forward of a liberal, free China.

Now they have lost Hong Kong, trillions of dollars, tens of millions of jobs and control of the global economy and influence. China played it right for their own benefit, "to hell with the West" was probably their motto.