JOFO said:
fuckin' A...
I might be wrong, but I heard iraq invaded kuwait in 1990.
STING2 said:Courses I took at my University on US foreign Policy were objective and unbiased and there certainly were no courses that were so presumtive as to call America an Empire.
STING2 said:HIPHOP,
"You know, STING2, this thread was about the nuclear options, but there are a row of other topics too, like "the average American consumer". You asked me to explain how you were betrayed. I therefore must have implied you were an average American consumer - which you are, maybe. Most average American consumers don?t have a family members who are part of 1% (to me, it seems the financial "elite" is more in the direction of 0,001%, but thats another story, and we don?t really need to discuss about that)."
Sorry to inform but its not unlikely for the average person to have an Uncle, Aunt, Grandparent, Cousin, that is in the top 1% in the USA. Certainly many people don't, but there are many that do. Just because one or two members of a large family are very rich, does not make the rest of the family necessarily very rich. But why are bringing this up? Why is this relevant?
I can disagree with your view points or opinions but still respect them.
Anthony said:Not so Melon, it would appear that the US is just bad at choosing their battles.
Ant.
STING2 said:HIPHOP,
"If the U.S. stays on its own territory, the U.S. is good."
And when the USA does not stay on its own territory you think it is .....?
melon said:And if the U.S. stays within its own borders, it is considered "isolationist" and is "ignoring its responsibilities to the world."
melon said:And if the U.S. stays within its own borders, it is considered "isolationist" and is "ignoring its responsibilities to the world."
And, then, the U.S. is bad.
Melon
Klaus said:
Lots of power means lots of responsibility.
Klaus said:
(well hussein said yes to everything too to get weapons from you, didn't he?)
Klaus
Dreadsox said:
A more accurate statement would be........
We provided him with AID in the area of Argriculture. This in turn allowed him the money to spend on weapons from France and Biotechnology from Germany.
In turn.....he did a 180 on his position on MANY things....
Israel.
PEace
Moonlit_Angel said:Hiphop, MiniFly, anitram, Scarletwine, U2girl-you guys are making excellent points.
Well said, all of you.
Angela
STING2 said:HIPHOP,
"How many professors from other countries did you listen to?"
Several, and none of them accused the USA of being and Evil Empire either!
There are all kinds of ways Americans can pay for University. Most Americans can get financial aid and there are many scholarships and other ways of support. Today, 60% of Americans go to University and 28% graduate with a 4 year degree. The USA has more Universities and Colleges per capita than any other country on the planet. More foreign students come to studied in the United States than any other country in the world.
Clearly, European and Asian defense spending would be higher without a US presence in those regions.
U2girl said:Right...Europeans are greedy, and envious of US. Interesting talk coming from Americans.
People say "oil will help Iraqi people". Well, I just wonder how much influence on what happens with oil they will really have - come to think of it, I seriously wonder how much oil they will be given.
And this whole thing had better not be a "he tried to kill my Daddy" thing.
melon said:
U2girl said:OK I have a question with the supporters of this attack: you say Iraq has WMD and violates UN resolutions. That may be the case, but there are also other regimes who do both, and certainly many other who are cruel and oppresive to their own people.
Would you take on war with all of them?
U2girl said:OK I have a question with the supporters of this attack: you say Iraq has WMD and violates UN resolutions. That may be the case, but there are also other regimes who do both, and certainly many other who are cruel and oppresive to their own people.
Would you take on war with all of them?