Who’s the world super power? NOT the USA … Not anymore

Don’t believe me?

Check out what happened when this band of pirates grabbed this oil tanker.

News | Africa – Reuters.com

Sure the USA has all sorts of arms and ships but who really has the power and why?

Think the Saudis.

Think the "eye for an

eye" we don’t mess around mentality of … So you want to play? Well we will PLAY! attitude the terrorists and the rest of the world embrace.

Just look at the new Russia?

Wasn’t long ago on 60 minutes the big gun in the Saudi "tribe" was out driving himself all over Dubai with no body guards. Just try that any of you more "civilized" world players.

Ever wonder why he can drive freely with no guards? Because he may not necessarily have the biggest stick. BUT he certainly is not afraid to use the stick he has.

Think about that for a second. Lets do a hypothetical here. 

If you had a group that would go out and do your dirty work, like blow up bombs, assassinate people, take out who you want to take out regardless of who it is… you could do it with something as simple as a knife, or by hand. The people know if you’re going to play, that you mean business.

If that’s you’re mind set you sure don’t need a battleship to get your point across.

The ability to pull the trigger and what’s more important is that your enemy’s know you will not hesitate is the real power.

Tim Larkin of Target Focused Training has a nice explanation of what he calls Social vs. Asocial violence.

Have a look and you’ll see what I mean
http://www.targetfocustraining.com/blog/2008/11/socialasocial-why-bother.html

So tell me when push came to shove… in order to get that ship free with no ransom what do you think happened and who do you think has the real power?

Stay warm, save money and stay safe.

John