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Originally Posted by mickydaniels
I hope the next big world power is in Africa.
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Keep dreaming, my friend.
The next world power will be China. Even if Communism falls in China (which it will), an eventual modern China will rise out of it. Even right now, the People's Liberation Army (China's Army) is the largest standing army in the world. And the number of men fit for service exceeds the population of any country except India. I think the official number of men fit for service is like... 260 million. That's not it's army, just the number of possible men it could draft.
Right now China just doesn't have the wealth and military technology to do much. But, I know that one day China will rise to either rival or even take over America's power and influence. Time is the only variable here.
Also I had a dream that I was shot while in a war with China. Kind of weird, but I think it's predicting something... maybe.