And, that is a huge reason for American military presence all over the world- to maintain that. Our money is backed by nothing. I was reading, recently, about how the entire world is on thin ice. If you measure GDP to what is owed by the country (or countries), it's jaw-dropping. This system, I'm afraid, will eventually collapse. It's pretty amazing. It's as if the algorithms and processes will inevitably go straight into the toilet. Well, either that, or words like "trillions" become "quadrillions" and "quintillions" and on and on.
It reminds me of the movie Blow: