It may be " fun " for some to fantasize about what the meaning of every word in the scriptures is, but that doesn't make it so. For the USA to be the " real "Babylon, in the Bible, you would have to believe that tose writing those passages knew of our existance. They didn't. And before you, or anyone else , starts in on 1/2 thought out religious posturing ... take it to a religious thread . This is a hard facts, news thread.