overscan said:Renamed topic. I was probably just a bit annoyed at the total deviation for three pages from the previous topic when I named this one I split off from it.
If the shoe fits. . .
overscan said:Renamed topic. I was probably just a bit annoyed at the total deviation for three pages from the previous topic when I named this one I split off from it.
Avimimus said:Stargazer2006, sferrin, Orion - in essence, I agree. I just think that it is good to be better than one's enemies and leave the door open for them to be better than we fear they are. Sometimes it won't work of course and history will take a different course.
I for one would never have predicted the relatively peaceful end to Apartheid in South Africa. I want as many chances to be proved wrong in the future as possible.
saintkatanalegacy said:a small country in the middle east likes to play the game without a level playing field though
close... insert "... and let everyone KNOW you are willing and able to use it" and it gets the point across ;DBarrington Bond said:"Speak softly but carry a big stick" Roosevelt?
Barrington Bond said:"Speak softly but carry a big stick" Roosevelt?
bobbymike said:Avimimus - The US has shown unprecendented leadership for the past 20 years. Reducing nuclear weapons by 94% since 1991, has not tested or developed a new weapon and all the other nuclear power wanna-be's have not deviated one bit from their plans. So this is twenty years how long do they need?
Japan was actually bombed with nuclear weapons and I don't see them scrambling to get nukes, that it unless they see no value in staying under the US's nuclear umbrella.
saintkatanalegacy said:or rather let some powerful minority dictate your foreign policy? :![]()
saintkatanalegacy said:or rather let some powerful minority dictate your foreign policy? :![]()
bobbymike said:It is incredibly naive and dangerous to let enemies dictate your foreign policy.
Rosdivan said:bobbymike said:It is incredibly naive and dangerous to let enemies dictate your foreign policy.
How exactly do you propose to conduct foreign policy without enemies dictating it to some extent?
saintkatanalegacy said:imho, iran will continue to be paranoid as long as it's being threatened or "bullied"
saintkatanalegacy said:or rather let some powerful minority dictate your foreign policy? :![]()
Abraham Gubler said:saintkatanalegacy said:imho, iran will continue to be paranoid as long as it's being threatened or "bullied"
Iran is governed by an extremist dictatorship so is inherently paranoid. Further Iran has been the aggressor in every external conflict it has been involved in. A little known fact is that Iran had launched a massive campaign of cross border terrorism before Iraq invaded in 1980
saintkatanalegacy said:or rather let some powerful minority dictate your foreign policy? :![]()
I suspect you are referring to the USA’s Jewish population. Many other countries with rational democratic governments support Israel without a politically significant Jewish minority. The USA also never supported Israel until the Soviet Union became a strong supporter of the nationalist Arab states. American support for Israel was very much a counter to Soviet influence expansion.
saintkatanalegacy said:close but not referring to the Jewish minority
"megalodons" would be an appropriate description![]()
saintkatanalegacy said:they're small fries...
i meant the biggest fish out there
bobbymike said:Let me guess Bilderburgs? Opus Dei" The Illuminati? Oh no not The Stone Cutters?