I think it's only a matter of time before some rich country calls our debt due. At that point, we'll have to print lots of money, thereby running up inflation and making the dollar worthless, or seek a bailout of our federal government from OPEC, the European Union, or China.

The dollar is already losing its position as the international currency of choice, and other countries are not turning to the U.S. for help.

Iceland, on the verge of bankruptcy, went to Russia for $4 billion.

Mitsubishi, Japan's largest bank, just bought 20% of Morgan Stanley for $9 billion. Anheuser-Bush, an American icon, was sold to foreigners.

Etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum ad infinitum.

With our 350 million people, we're losing financial ground to Japan, China, OPEC countries, and the European Union. We need to get together with Canada, Mexico, Central America and South America and create an American Union if we're going to have any relevance in the world in the future.

Pre-emptive invasions of foreign countries has not helped our standing in the world, and while we might have a lot of cool weapons and stuff, we might not have enough people to operate them against a conglomeration of other countries with six billion people.