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Old 07-22-2014, 02:25 PM   #758
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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon View Post
No, US support for
Israel will wind down when the Chinese refuse to pay for it any more, which, without radical change, will come in about 50 years.
The US has a few more decades of superpower to go, once it falls though it will be quick, in a sense we are already there, the US relies on the rest of the world, specifically China, to pay for its role in the world.
The whole thing though is built on IOU's, which rely on confidence. Once the confidence falls it all falls apart quickly.
Which is why Israel needs to have the foresight for their own good if they want to guarantee their survival long term.
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