Do you think USA is a fearsome country ?

@TexChik No.America imports more oil than it exports.We already have pipelines from Russia,Anything from the US will have to arrive by tanker.Its much cheaper to buy from Russia.We have our own oil fields too,we are more likely to sell oil to the US than to buy from the US.

@tallpowerhouseblonde nope , we are energy independent and are exporting

@TexChik America imports oil from Canada,Latin America,Africa and the middle east.In 2017 19% of US oil use came from imported oil.America exports oil but imports more.There are different types of crude oil.

@Rickg politics drove that . Had the us wanted to win , 24/7 B52 bombing runs would have solved the problem .

@TexChik north Vietnam shot down B52s.The US dropped more bombs in Vietnam than in WW2 and still lost.That is what happens when a corrupt South Vietnam government is so unpopular that South Vietnamese wanted the North to win.Supplying the US troops with the at that time not properly tested and a severe jamming problem M16 did not help.

@UckfayOuyayOotay Not quite right.The Russian T14 tank is better than the Abrams M1,the F22 program got cut short because of cost,the F15s are all knackered,the new carrier is full of problems and way over budget.Don't get me wrong I like America,but we have to keep it real.

@Miram Spot on, Miram. India and Pakistan have had a few wars as well, and China occupied Tibet, while the UK had its war with Argentina; France is engaged in West Africa, Morocco is still fighting in the western Sahara, Sudan and South Sudan are busy at the slughtering, Sri Lanka had their civil war, Burma is still fighting the Karens, Chechnya was nasty too. . . nothing but wars and rumours of wars.

@WonderingWhileWandering A warrior nation? Have you been to a Walmart lately? 😅

@chrisCA I've never been in a Walmart. What's the point you are trying to make?

@WonderingWhileWandering How do you define a "warrior nation"?