@evoman3957 wrote:Added to that, of course, is the fact that the longer this goes on and the bigger this monster grows......the worse the inevitable collapse will be ( a bit like the Roman Empire ). So getting out NOW and building up our own standing / commercial connections and liaisons, will give us a great deal of an advantage, when the inevitable collapse comes and all those countries are cast to the wind. They won't be backing each other up then, they'll be too busy fighting for their own survival. I'm not being short sighted, in thinking that this will happen in the next 5 to 10 years even; I'm thinking about my Grandchildren and their Children. That sort of collapse is inevitably accompanied by conflict / War and they're going to be doing well to survive that.
The period following our 'membership' of the Roman Empire was called the Dark Ages for a very good reason 
