2. Having been outcompeted industrially, the USA and the UK are using their military power as an export earner. The lead is being taken by the USA, which is redefining its world role as part [condottiere] and part civilizer of the South, and calling on non-combatants to fund its troops. The USA received contributions of $41 billion in foreign exchange from the Gulf War, equivalent to 5 to 8 months of its trade deficit.