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Now for some rather intesting numbers. The cumulative dollar value of all of the privately held property (real and otherwise) in the United States is roughly 1.6 times the entire output of all of the nations on earth, including the US (56 trillion dollars vs 35 trillion).
During WWII, America produced over 275,000 war planes, 87,000 war ships, and 155,000 tanks. At its peak, we were producing a bomber every two minutes. At war's end, we had 101 aircraft carriers.
After Rommel's defeat in North Africa, he was called back to Berlin. While there, he uttered these words; "Whenever the United States enters a theater of operations with its full industrial might brought to bear, there can be no hope for victory".
During the Reagan years with our military build up and our spending the Soviets to the bargaining table, our military expenditures never exceeded 5.6% of our GDP. The Soviets frequently exceeded 25-27% of their GDP and at times exceeded 30%.
There was and is no way the former USSR could match the US in economic and military might.
Yep, it's good to be an American.