I'm not even really sure about that @Lucy, because the boom of American manufacturing is something of a myth, really only existed because of major european lock-outs during the second world war. If there's a country that's really capitalizingo n war manufacturing, it's China
@Ken U Belevitt blackwater though. and that one cheney had ties to that i've forgotten the name of. it's less about manufacturers and more about defense contractors.
So smaller nations like Sri Lanka and Laos, and many many others owe so much money to China that they can't pay back. They give back infrastructures to China, yes.
@Jacqueline Hyde That's just it though: scandals like Blackwater don't put money in the government's pockets, that money gets filtered directly into private industry
Hey @Tenchi Masaki You remember the threads where we put 5 words in French, Spanish amd other languages? Could you teach us some Japanese words please? I think it'd be fun!
Breaking news: historians believe that they've uncovered a cache of pencils that once belonged to William Shakespeare. A spokesperson said, "They're so badly chewed on the ends, we can't tell if they're 2B or not 2B."
"Napoleon attacked by rabbits" so I had to go google search it. "The story of Napoleon being "defeated" by rabbits during a hunt in 1807 is a humorous anecdote, but it's not a confirmed historical fact, though it is mentioned in General Thiébault's memoirs. "