• David Cameron no longer one of the world's most powerful people - loses his spot to owner of Walmart
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[B]David Cameron’s influence on the world stage has collapsed and is now less powerful than the supermarket tycoon who owns Asda, it was claimed today. [/B] The Prime Minister has dropped out of the top 10 in the power list produced by influential magazine Forbes. [URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480272/Cameron-falls-10-list-worlds-powerful-people-place-taken-man-owns-Asda.html[/URL]
[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/30/article-2480272-191536B500000578-247_306x423.jpg[/img] He doesn't seem very happy about it however...
Gotta love how Putin is over Obama. [QUOTE] " Ridiculed for once being seen as the 'second coming of Margaret Thatcher' [/QUOTE] Thats a terrifying thought.
Putin being number 1 makes little to no sense. Is it because of his maneuvering in Syria? His attempts to form the Eurasian Union? Neither of those "victories" put Russia in any sort of position to challenge the U.S., meaning that Putin is is no position to challenge Obama.
So the most powerful man in the world is the leader of a country whose major cities are literally falling apart and with one of the highest rates of addiction to heroin int he world. Welp, we're fucked. [I]"It's not actually Russia it's the IDEA of Russia, man"[/I]
I think the Putin thing is just a snipe at Obama over the NSA fiasco.
Is that a terrorist threat? The NSA has an eye on you.
A pretty crap list. What the hell is the CEO of Walmart doing there?
[QUOTE=Tony;42702214]A pretty crap list. What the hell is the CEO of Walmart doing there?[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart#Employee_and_labor_relations[/url] [quote]With close to 2.2 million employees worldwide[/quote] He is directly responsible for more employees than most countries have in their army. edit: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel#List[/url] in fact, only 8 countries have more in their army than Walmart employs.
[QUOTE=frozensoda;42702250][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart#Employee_and_labor_relations[/url] He is directly responsible for more employees than most countries have in their army. edit: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel#List[/url] in fact, only 8 countries have more in their army than Walmart employs.[/QUOTE] I understand why the number of employees is there and significant... but an army comparison is stupid.
[QUOTE=Adman;42702302]I understand why the number of employees is there and significant... but an army comparison is stupid.[/QUOTE] It was just a way to compare it to something of similar size, I was not comparing Walmart's employees to soldiers in any way but their numbers.
[QUOTE=Explosions;42701989]Putin being number 1 makes little to no sense. Is it because of his maneuvering in Syria? His attempts to form the Eurasian Union? Neither of those "victories" put Russia in any sort of position to challenge the U.S., meaning that Putin is is no position to challenge Obama.[/QUOTE] The US cannot do a single thing in the global stage without the approval of Russia, since you brought up Syria, if the Obama truly was the most powerful and influential he would step into Syria the second his advisers informed him of the situation without hesitation or contemplation. Instead, he had to get the approval of Russia first which he didn't and so the conflict remains pretty much untouched for months and months while Putin has ended up getting his way. Obama can't do shit without Putin. On the other hand, Putin is free to do basically anything as he has most of the Eastern world in his pocket through various alliances and partnerships, his influence and power rivaling or even surpassing the West in some sectors. The newly emerging SCO is evidence to his growing power, having convinced China to let bygones be bygones and that Russia and China should work together if they wish to preserve their cultural/societal independence. Another piece of evidence to back up Putin's lack of interest in what the world has to say to him or about him is his treatment of homosexuality. He basically openly persecutes them and there isn't a single thing anyone can do about it, especially when most of the non-Western world agrees with his decisions. You're not looking at the bigger picture if you actually think that having the biggest economy or military is what matters today.
46. Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader, North Korea :v:
[QUOTE=Melnek;42702598]The US cannot do a single thing in the global stage without the approval of Russia, since you brought up Syria, if the Obama truly was the most powerful and influential he would step into Syria the second his advisers informed him of the situation without hesitation or contemplation. Instead, he had to get the approval of Russia first which he didn't and so the conflict remains pretty much untouched for months and months while Putin has ended up getting his way. Obama can't do shit without Putin. On the other hand, Putin is free to do basically anything as he has most of the Eastern world in his pocket through various alliances and partnerships, his influence and power rivaling or even surpassing the West in some sectors. The newly emerging SCO is evidence to his growing power, having convinced China to let bygones be bygones and that Russia and China should work together if they wish to preserve their cultural/societal independence. Another piece of evidence to back up Putin's lack of interest in what the world has to say to him or about him is his treatment of homosexuality. He basically openly persecutes them and there isn't a single thing anyone can do about it, especially when most of the non-Western world agrees with his decisions. You're not looking at the bigger picture if you actually think that having the biggest economy or military is what matters today.[/QUOTE] [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn]Lol[/url]
[QUOTE=Melnek;42702598]The US cannot do a single thing in the global stage without the approval of Russia, since you brought up Syria, if the Obama truly was the most powerful and influential he would step into Syria the second his advisers informed him of the situation without hesitation or contemplation. Instead, he had to get the approval of Russia first which he didn't and so the conflict remains pretty much untouched for months and months while Putin has ended up getting his way. Obama can't do shit without Putin. [/QUOTE] Russia didn't want [U]any[/U] outside interference in Syria. They didn't get that. His hand was forced to make a diplomatic move to prevent instability on their border, and in the end it cost them a big financial burden to help clean up Syria's weapons. Resisting would have been a lose-lose situation for Russia, it terms of diplomatic disapproval and potentially losing a trading partner after the US blew the country to bits. What held Obama back in Syria was Congress. The US already had the support of France and Turkey for strikes.
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;42703209]Russia didn't want [U]any[/U] outside interference in Syria. They didn't get that. His hand was forced to make a diplomatic move to prevent instability on their border, and in the end it cost them a big financial burden to help clean up Syria's weapons. Resisting would have been a lose-lose situation for Russia, it terms of diplomatic disapproval and potentially losing a trading partner after the US blew the country to bits. What held Obama back in Syria was Congress. The US already had the support of France and Turkey for strikes.[/QUOTE] We had the support ever since Assad started shooting people. It was the US public and Congress' bitchy attitude that stopped it.
[QUOTE=Swilly;42703245]It was the US public and Congress' bitchy attitude that stopped it.[/QUOTE] Which is exactly what I said?
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