U.S. of A: Savior of the world!

[Dr Strangelove]

Re: U.S. of A: Savior of the world!

Originally posted by Skywise
Someday, when a meteor comes toward the earth, we will be waiting for someone to handle the situation. Imo, the U.S. will most likely take the job, not because they are such good folks but because they will not have faith in anyother country than their own. So last night, while waiting to fall asleep I thought about the results of such an outcome.

Lets say the US succeeds in stoping or destroying the meteor heading towards the earth. Will they take every other country into debt for saving the planet. Will everyone owe something to the U.S.? Would the U.S. use this situation to they're own advantage like they used 9/11?

I am asking this because the first reason why the U.S. would take the situation in their own hands is because they would want to save them selfs first and foremost but imo would likekly use the situation to "puppetrise" other countries. And they would also proclaim them selfs as saviors of the world and such and as of this day, everyone would owe something to the U.S.... and they would probably use this as propaganda....Imagine the U.S.'s public response and opinion after that...

Discuss.

Dude, right now we don't have a working space program. We're paying the Soviets....er, Russians to ferry our astronauts to the Internatioonal Space Station.

[Alexander's Horse]

world after US rescue mission

please don't save us

[St Leo]

Originally posted by techumseh
Does anyone else find it ironic that the only discussion of the US as a world saviour takes place in the context of a TOTAL FANTASY?

Well, obviously, the Bible is a metaphor. The United States is actually the Second Coming of Jesus in the Shape of a Country. USSR was the Anti-Christ, and Jesus has defeated the Anti-Christ.

Unfortunately, God is away on a spa trip for another millennium getting a pedicure, a manicure, and a mudbath, so Jesus is left arsing around on Earth doing nothing much of anything. As a result, Jesus the America is picking fights with minor villains like Saddam the Bizarro Jesus, Castro the General Jesus, and the like.

[techumseh]

Re: world after US rescue mission

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
please don't save us

That looks like Britain's work, Horse.

[Az]

damn those evil allies!

[Alexander's Horse]

the world isn't going to get hit by a doomsday meteor in my lifetime so basically I don't care

[Az]

you're a true humanitarian, Horse, and you care for your children, and the world is known far and wide.

[Alexander's Horse]

why thank you

[Sir Og]

America would probably do a good job of sending a SUV on the meteor to take pictures but Russians will probably do a better job at blowing it to pieces or setting it off course.

[Lancer]

Yeah! Like with the moon. The US put an SUV on the moon but the Russians...erm, nevermind.

[Frankychan]

[Dis]

Originally posted by pchang
Actually, the real key to avoiding an impact like that would be to get the asteroid/comet early. The farther out it is, the smaller the delta V we would need to nudge it out of the way. If we caught it too late, there is no way we could put enough mass into space to cause a miss. What we really need are a bunch of large nukes orbiting out around where Mars orbits attached to large rockets. The further out we stage those things, the further out we can hit any incoming asteroids/comets.

I don't think martians would like us putting nukes around their planet.

[Spec]

I never seen such a threadjacking......

This thread is not about how we can survive an asteroid impact or what we should do in case....

The point of this thread is about political implication IF we survive an impact...Not how, when and why....

An asteroid has made it to us, some country, probably the US, destroys it or makes it change its course. What will happen to the world politicaly? Will it create a cold war like WW2 did and followed by Korea and Vietnam.

I think it will create somekind of coldwar if indeed the US saves the planet cuz right there they will proclaim themselfs saviors of the world and the whole planet will owe them, when in fact, all they thought was to save their own ass first an we just happenned to live on the same piece of land as they do.

[Alexander's Horse]

your point?

[Spec]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
your point?

Are you serious?