Military Influence on the Ability of a Country to become a Global Superpower

Yes the military does have as big an effect as the Internet when it comes to being a superpower. To be a super power, a country needs to have a number of things that help it become a superpower like a strong economy, strong military, international political power and a strong national ideology. Now, when it comes down to just the military, if there is a situation like a war, it cannot just be done on the Internet. For example, the U.S fits most of the categories stated above except economy because of what happened with the stock market. Yet the U.S still took a lot of pride in their military and made sure that the wars being fought abroad were still being funded no matter what the circumstances were. That is why a lot of the money is spent on the army. The military of a country is sort of like the shape of the body of a person. If a there is a strong military, then the person is muscular, but if the military is weak, it is like a weak and scrawny person that people know they can mess with. Europe to is trying to show their muscle by using military in Mali and so on. Military also does not just mean man power but there are also other technologies like missiles which can help a country like what China is doing for example.

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