frostytheplebe
Seventh Part of the Seal
This is something that has been hacked about a lot of places and seems to be what a lot of people out there want. Whether or not it's right...
What if the United States reverted back to it's pre-WW1 Mentality? By this I mean, pull out off world affiars all together. Stop fighting in Iraq and Afganistan, pull our support from Israel, withdraw from the UN, place HEAVY trade tarrifs on incoming goods from other nations, close off our borders to immigrants, or make it a lot harder to get in, cut all foreign aid, and just become almost xenophobic again.
I've compiled a list of what may/may not happen. I'm basically trying to do a research paper on this and would appreciate some incite from both the Americans, as well as our European brothers here.
1. Kiss Israel goodbye. The moment the United States pulls out, the standoff between the Israel and it's Muslim neighbors would be broken and an invasion would begin.
2. The United States would be able to focus more on it's own national debt, including paying off China.
3. The Chinese Economy would breifly prosper with the money coming in from the U.S., but unless they found a new trade partner, their economy would collapse.
4. The UN would not have much power anymore. Most "UN" troops are infact American soldiers.
5. The Global Economy would refocus to another Nation, perhaps France as it was once the economic center of the world and the European nations would begin to regain a lot of their economic strength.
6. This would silence a lot of the angry voices of those who wanted us not to "interfere in global politics" ... that said I have a feeling those same people would complain when the United States does nothing should another conflict arise.
7. One of two things would happen to Japan; 1. They'd be swallowed by China, 2. They'd once again become a militant nation.
8. The nuclear reduction acts would pretty much be voided out an a new arms race may begin.
9. The extremists would retake the middle east.
A lot of this is based on the idea that another world power would not come forward in time to be established as the Superpower, which China is very close to being able to do. It also appears that the seeds have been planted for a United Europe... so who knows.
like I said, this is mostly from an American perspective. Any other perspectives and opinions would be very helpful!
What if the United States reverted back to it's pre-WW1 Mentality? By this I mean, pull out off world affiars all together. Stop fighting in Iraq and Afganistan, pull our support from Israel, withdraw from the UN, place HEAVY trade tarrifs on incoming goods from other nations, close off our borders to immigrants, or make it a lot harder to get in, cut all foreign aid, and just become almost xenophobic again.
I've compiled a list of what may/may not happen. I'm basically trying to do a research paper on this and would appreciate some incite from both the Americans, as well as our European brothers here.
1. Kiss Israel goodbye. The moment the United States pulls out, the standoff between the Israel and it's Muslim neighbors would be broken and an invasion would begin.
2. The United States would be able to focus more on it's own national debt, including paying off China.
3. The Chinese Economy would breifly prosper with the money coming in from the U.S., but unless they found a new trade partner, their economy would collapse.
4. The UN would not have much power anymore. Most "UN" troops are infact American soldiers.
5. The Global Economy would refocus to another Nation, perhaps France as it was once the economic center of the world and the European nations would begin to regain a lot of their economic strength.
6. This would silence a lot of the angry voices of those who wanted us not to "interfere in global politics" ... that said I have a feeling those same people would complain when the United States does nothing should another conflict arise.
7. One of two things would happen to Japan; 1. They'd be swallowed by China, 2. They'd once again become a militant nation.
8. The nuclear reduction acts would pretty much be voided out an a new arms race may begin.
9. The extremists would retake the middle east.
A lot of this is based on the idea that another world power would not come forward in time to be established as the Superpower, which China is very close to being able to do. It also appears that the seeds have been planted for a United Europe... so who knows.
like I said, this is mostly from an American perspective. Any other perspectives and opinions would be very helpful!