Quote:
Originally posted by Jim
America is still the most powerful nation on earth.
China would probably disagree. Well, probably not since it really is only America that claims to be the greatest, most powerful nation on earth. But, if they decided to do so, China would most likely kick our asses 
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Interesting stats...
Military: Armed forces personnel
Country Description Amount
1. China 2,810,000
2. Russia 1,520,000
3. United States 1,366,000
Military: Manpower - reaching military age annually (males)
1. India 11,035,174 (2003 est.)
2. China 10,973,761 (2003 est.)
3. Indonesia 2,213,727 (2003 est.)
4. United States 2,116,002 (2003 est.)
Military: Manpower - availability (males age 15-49)
1. China 375,520,255 (2003 est.)
2. India 288,251,975 (2003 est.)
3. United States 73,597,731 (2003 est.)
I know its not all about manpower, but I would say it sure helps when you outnumber an opponent 3/1 in several areas.
these stats are from nationmaster.com incase anyone wanted to browse, very interesting things on it that I would have not expected.