I am aware that the USA has tons of oil in Alaska, but I sincerely hope that nobody ever drills for oil there because I have been there, and nothing could ever compare to the nature there. Don't get me wrong, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is beautiful too, but not even it is as gorgeous as The Last Great Frontier!
Actually China is moving towards a consumeristic society so the U.S. Is moving to other countries like Mexico and Taiwan. Most metals are mined in the U.S. That are consumed by the U.S.
China supplies us over 80% of rare earth materials (needed for everything that uses power) without rare earth material we would be fighting with sticks and stones. It is a real thing google it if you have never heard of it
America and china both have enough weapons that are capable of erasing any country off the planet. Its just a matter of being willing to accept the global backlash and if they gotnthenballs to do it. Whoever triggers first eill be victorious. So the argument of china cutting supplies off to the usa is moot if a war situation were to actually take place. Take this from someone who has combat experience and firsthand knowledge of what we can do, not just equipped witj information i read online or in a book.
So much naivety in this thread. "USA have enough oil to manage by themselves". Lol! Do you think that the "oil" politics are about you have cheaper gas for your car? Dream on! Nobody actually care how much you pay for a full tank. You'd pay it anyway. "Oil" politics are about having control on oil resources. And the one who have control over oil resources have control over global economy.
Actually one could argue that World WAr II was actually World War III. The First World War was fought between the Dutch East Indian Trading Company and the British Fleet in the 17th century which had battles all over the world from South America to Indonesia.
America has lots of rare metals. What is doesn't have is a work force that is willing to work for pennies to mine them.
don't forget china,2nd superpower in term of economy and military.do you think china will stay idle?no,look back at history of American war especially Korean War known as Unknown War by war historian.North Korea in the brink of defeat after south korean getting re-inforcement from United Nation.but People Liberation Of China aka PLC came to rescue and push back American.technically North and South Korea still at war till now.
Hmm WW3 would be NATO vs Russia no doubt. Saudis would attack Iran. Israel would attack Iran. China will likely side with the US. Russia would most likely be defeated. But not after devastating effects to Europe
Canada had one of the biggest navies in ww2, provided convoy protection for the UK and Russia, Canadian troops landed during operation overlord. They also fought during WW1 achieving a reputation for skill and ferocity. Nowadays I believe they just finished over a decade of service in the NATO campaigns in Afghanistan
Russia was defeated in world war 2? And USA saved the day??? I'm sorry but your mental, especially for comparing Russia to Spain who haven't been a world power since god knows how long while Russia has maintained a strong military power for centuries
1. Russia wasn't defeated in ww2. 2. The usa didn't 'save the day', though they were big contributors, the allies would probably have won eventually anyway. 3. In saving the day, America happened to intentionally strip an empire of all it's money and most of it's assets, at a time when there wasn really a way the british empire could say no to American demands. 4. Russia isn't having any trouble with Ukraine, if they wanted to start a continental war, they would send regular forces over, in uniform with the flag flyin high, it would probably take them all of a week to do it. Your misguided, ill informed and basically just a sheep following without the ability to think coherently on your own.