'Merica

[PanzerJaeger]

That makes more sense...because I cannot digest the fact that any general would ask his troops to grease their tanks with their enemies' guts, hyperbole or not.

This coming from a general who told his men that taking no prisoners would make them immortal. The man had a way with words...

As for the United States, it is going to suck living through the decline of our power, wealth, and prestige. This is, perhaps, the worst time to live in a failing empire - those born before enjoyed the rise of America and all the associated benefits that came with it and those born after the fall will not miss what they never had. We, though, will witness it crumbling before our eyes. We will know what it was like to be the most wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth as we slide down the international totem pole.

Our empire has turned out to be one of the shortest lived in history, but the extraordinary rise in our standard of living will surely be missed as it falls ever more precipitously in the coming decades.