Pat shows the ghost of America’s future if we continue on the ‘Sun never sets on our trade deficits or on our world police troops’. The fate of England is the ghost of nation’s past. God Bless us, every one.
hell, trade deficits? Last I heard, our dollar is causing the world to crave all things American....while their working schleps have to suck up the slack.
The future is perfect.
Glad to see at least one other person sees the parallel with the fall of the British empire. They all laughed at Enoch Powell back then and he turned out to be on target.
Umm.. Lesseee. How's the British Pound note doing vs the dollar?
Are we going to have to cede Hawaii back like Hong Kong...er...uh...nevermind.
Yes, the dollar could be in peril. If Hillary wins, we'll end up nothing like our former country.
However, one thing America HAS NOT DONE is fling its empire under selfish terms. We did not enslave Guangdong with opium. We did not beat down the Indians. We did not cause the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
There's really very little when it comes to similarities between the USA soft-empire and Britain's old-fashioned one.