it was always a lost cost and all governments are backed up by the barrel of a gun
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 05/09/2012 09:49:51 PM
Without force there is no government just a bunch of guys making suggestions. If guns are used to protect the ballot box, as they were in Iraq, then you have the first to democracy. True democracy requires a change of power decided by the ballot box and they don't really have that yet.
I Iraq there was a society that was being repressed and they were liberated. Some people used that liberation to try and get revenge for the previous repression but the foundations for a modern society were there. None of that is true in Afghanistan now and it wasn't true ten years ago.
I Iraq there was a society that was being repressed and they were liberated. Some people used that liberation to try and get revenge for the previous repression but the foundations for a modern society were there. None of that is true in Afghanistan now and it wasn't true ten years ago.
Biden claims Romney wants war with Syria and Iran.
- 02/09/2012 10:48:24 PM
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Meh. Sounds like a non-story. But my thoughts, for what they're worth.
- 02/09/2012 11:05:52 PM
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Biden should be busy preparing to debate Ryan so he is not shredded, instead of saying stupid things
- 02/09/2012 11:52:35 PM
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We should introduce a new military doctrine
- 03/09/2012 02:46:33 AM
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I still think the post-war Axis powers the best model, but that requires equivalent manpower.
- 03/09/2012 03:57:12 AM
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It's a terrible model.
- 03/09/2012 11:42:36 PM
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Re: It's a terrible model.
- 04/09/2012 04:09:21 AM
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I recently read Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers, about a regiment from the 101st in WW2.
- 04/09/2012 10:29:01 PM
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wars they didn't start themselves? how do you figure that?
- 04/09/2012 10:45:07 PM
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We cannot hold all Afghanistan/Iraq accountable for governments against which they were powerless.
- 04/09/2012 11:54:46 PM
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so what? Governments habe always been who goes to war
- 05/09/2012 02:55:25 AM
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True, but we cannot hold people responsible for actions of their undemocratic governments.
- 05/09/2012 03:19:20 AM
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well thanks to the US they now have democratcily elected governments and can be held accountable *NM*
- 05/09/2012 02:30:41 PM
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Democratically elected? We will be propping it up with the US Army for at least two more years.
- 05/09/2012 07:19:21 PM
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being propped up by the US military doesn't make it not a democracy
- 05/09/2012 07:29:42 PM
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Political power that comes out of the barrel of a gun precludes democracy.
- 05/09/2012 09:01:40 PM
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it was always a lost cost and all governments are backed up by the barrel of a gun
- 05/09/2012 09:49:51 PM
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No more so than Iraq, but at least there was a threat to America to fight in Afghanistan.
- 23/09/2012 04:51:14 AM
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I said start. I quite agree with you about the things that went on after the wars themselves ended.
- 05/09/2012 08:51:58 PM
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shooting at our aircraft is none hostile?
- 05/09/2012 10:06:07 PM
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It is very difficult to reconcile this post with Toms.
- 04/09/2012 11:50:06 PM
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Hey, remember when Bush invaded Iraq? For no reason at all, it turned out?
- 03/09/2012 01:56:49 AM
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Realistically, I don't think Romney would do MUCH different. But that little bit...
- 03/09/2012 02:19:14 AM
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After all the moeny he took from Sheldon Adelson he HAS to attack Iran. Adelson will foot the bill. *NM*
- 03/09/2012 05:19:27 AM
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*NM*
I don't think Romney is that interested in starting a war with anyone
- 04/09/2012 02:39:14 PM
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