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::If that were the case, we wouldn't have backed off from the (admittedly totally ill-judged) Suez expedition because of US opposition. [[User:Pachyderm|Pachyderm]] 08:06, 29 August 2007 (EDT)
::If that were the case, we wouldn't have backed off from the (admittedly totally ill-judged) Suez expedition because of US opposition. [[User:Pachyderm|Pachyderm]] 08:06, 29 August 2007 (EDT)
:::Owning more nuclear weapons may make it more "powerful" in the sense of "able to destroy more things," but as far as having real influence in world politics, it is not really a world power anymore. During the pre-WWI years, the political moves of the British Empire controlled European and World Politics. That's power. [[User:ToJones|ToJones]]
== Power peaked in 1914 ==
== Power peaked in 1914 ==