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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5188516" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Just ask me a direct question and if I know the answer I will tell you.&nbsp; I&#039;ve pretty much said all I know on the subject.&nbsp; It&#039;s impossible to frame what a country will look like in 30 years even if it looked like something the past 30.&nbsp; The U.S. is a perfect example.&nbsp; What we look like today bears no resemblance to what we looked like in 1776.&nbsp; The rest came through both purchase and conquest.&nbsp; The country of Panama used to belong to Colombia.&nbsp; Bolivia used to have access to the Pacific.&nbsp; Things change and it&#039;s usually due to war with belligerent neighbors.&nbsp; Look at Africa.&nbsp; Borders set by colonial powers that often resulted in conflict between ethnic groups.&nbsp; What is now Germany in Europe was once a conglomeration of many principalities.&nbsp; Western Ukraine was once controlled by the Polish Empire then the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.&nbsp; What was once India is now India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.&nbsp; Things change and the only constant is our ability to defend the status quo.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5188516, member: 24302"] Just ask me a direct question and if I know the answer I will tell you. I've pretty much said all I know on the subject. It's impossible to frame what a country will look like in 30 years even if it looked like something the past 30. The U.S. is a perfect example. What we look like today bears no resemblance to what we looked like in 1776. The rest came through both purchase and conquest. The country of Panama used to belong to Colombia. Bolivia used to have access to the Pacific. Things change and it's usually due to war with belligerent neighbors. Look at Africa. Borders set by colonial powers that often resulted in conflict between ethnic groups. What is now Germany in Europe was once a conglomeration of many principalities. Western Ukraine was once controlled by the Polish Empire then the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. What was once India is now India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Things change and the only constant is our ability to defend the status quo. [/QUOTE]

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