I do believe that US flourishes when countries are poorer. US has foreign policy that is only benifical to US. Although I am not an economist, I have this opinion: There is only so much money in the world (world economy). So for a country to get very rich, the other country has to get very poor! Imagine how much money US earn from foreign students, the money they bring from their country every year(this is only a small example). And very less go back to the country. These royalist are blind or shall I rather say, too dumb to see the truth. They only thing they know is how to swear (which is equivalent to crying for me) (http://science.howstuffworks.com/swearing2.htm) and believe their dumber masters. But I have respect for people who put some effort to understand the reality. But they don't event attempt to do that. Has any of you seen the movie "syriana"? Altough it is just a movie it has shown a very realistic US foreign policy.