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Originally Posted by Ahldagor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

more in reference to this you nimrod
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty



causing a drought to start an uprising? why do that when we can freeze assets of a country's leader/s, effectively manipulate their economy, not physically harm any of its citizens other than what they do to themselves, and get lucky if they unite and rebel against their leader/s with US economic sanctions which are generally viewed as a positive measure by the international community. the international currency is the us dollar for a reason, but lots of people are impatient now and days. unfortunately.

Between last year and the previous year the China yuan changed from 2% to 9% of global monetary exchanges. This is not an insignificant amount. The more we play games with the value of our currency the less appealing it is to other countries. Also, despite the shadow numbers the Chinese government puts forth about their economics, their economy will overtake ours. If we continue down current spending levels their currency will be worth more than ours.

Rome fell before, it will fall again.