CWU girl - I like your posts, they make me think. I have a question for you - the history of the Western world shows an interesting trend of how long countries are able to maintain a supreme superpower status. Going back to the Greeks and Romans. Then the Italians, Spanish, Portugese, French, & British. Generally speaking, these "empires" have lasted about a century. I think that we can all agree that America's time has been the 20th Century on. How long can we maintain that position in your opinion? I think we will maintain the position for my lifetime (but I'm 50 and some days running on fumes!). I'd like your thoughts and anyone elses as well. edit - I do realize that the Greek and Roman Empires lasted longer than a century. The newest ones seemed to have been about 100 years.