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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
The foreigners on this board will never understand the true value of currency is the military that backs it.
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If people don't understand that then they must have failed high school history.
Every economic empire in history has had a powerful military to back it up.
It's quasi definition of empire.
Then again, you're quite correct, most people froth about this and that without understanding anything about the historical context of the situation.