Interesting comment above. Yes, I think that the US could ruin any European country it choose to, pretty quickly if it wanted. And if financial sanctions and media propaganda didn't do the job, then they have more soldiers in Europe than any individual European country and plenty of weapons, including nukes.
But I didn't know any of those facts about the Afghan heroin! Go figure!
Nerms you are debating with people who are not American and don't see the world from an American perspective.
Why would we want America to dominate our countries, or anyone elses?
We are able to look at America objectively, while you have a biased view since it's your own nationality and since you watch news channels like Fox (propaganda news, according to everyone east of the atlantic).
I'd like it better if North America consisted of smaller countries, like Europe, instead of one giant country that can never seem to get enough control over the the world (financially, in terms of oil and politically)
I *hope* that the financial downturn will cause America to lose it's grip over the rest of the world and become a normal country that minds its own business instead of telling everybody else how to run their countries while cringing them junk culture/food and buying up their natural resources.