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Originally posted by Imhotepsol
reply to post by AverageJoe1
No there's not. Remember it's an Islamic country so they have their customs the same as we did a few hundred years ago. It's not our place to tell people where in their development they should be, it's for people, who've grown under the regimes there to change them the very same way we did during the period of revolution in Europe / America. Thats the only way you'll be able to create a lasting democracy, not by force but by natural evolution. We evolved democracy back in Greece but still we have fascism rising its head, particularly in modern day America.
At least in Syria there's no women being stoned in the street, they can get a divorce, work and anything else we do over here. Of course there are stupid ignorant people who want women covered from head to toe but then again there's idiot christians who want to meddle in issues like abortion and other life choices they really have no right wading in on.
Its more a case of slow and progressive social advancement from where they are now to a future point. We can't turn around and say that it's anything else. We don't live in those societies, we don't live in those lands and we have very little to do with those people. Whats so hard about leaving them alone to advance at their own rate? Why can't we be benign and support them instead of ruining their countries and infrastructures?
The biggest problem we have is the arrogance of the western mind set thinking that because we have over come some trials that it gives us the right to alter the course of history for others. That's grade A bull.
Originally posted by letscit
so you are saying that china and russia are okay with america owning all the oil reserves in the middle east? i dont believe that one bit.
Originally posted by MasterAndrew
Those regions of the planet need to be cleaned out. It was identified years ago. It was never a road map to peace that was being discussed. If this happens I say about time.edit on 25-6-2011 by MasterAndrew because: (no reason given)
Turkish officials have told Western countries that Turkey might launch a military operation in Syria's north to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Monday.
Earlier, a columnist for Lebanese daily al-Akhbar, said to be close to Hezbollah, claimed that Iran had threatened Turkey that if it were to be used as a platform for NATO action against Syria, then Iran would bomb US and NATO bases in Turkey.
Originally posted by Common Good
Forgive me for being so abrupt, but....
People are stupid.
REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY STUPID.
And Im not talkin about you people(although some of you are questionable), Im talking about all of these war mongers and blood thirsty tyrants waging war on our lives and our fake monopoly money(real or not its ours and we use it).
War- psh. Thats so last Century.
We need to find a new game on this planet. War is too expensive, and I didnt work any overtime this week.
Originally posted by Common Good
reply to post by AverageJoe1our guys out of those places to lead by example.
War is never ending.
Why send my brothers over there to die?
Im supposed to run around scared, but I dont, cause Im not.
Its all life to me. Dont expect me to live your battles though; and die for you without just cause.
Originally posted by KilrathiLG
reply to post by letscit
that i think is a far more likely to happen then boots on the ground the russians and chinese could just do what they did in vietnam sell there weapons and what not and mabey even some pilots to fight ours like they did in korea but boots on the ground...why would they risk there people in a conflict when they can sell weapons and make money hand over fist charging high prices for arms and worst case there ally looses and then owes them a crap load of money while at the same time we get to get the rebuilding contracts war is economicly good for us russia and china regardless of who is fighting we make money our "enemys" make money so either way its a win situation even if we eventualy loose the war we have still made some people very very rich only real loosers of war are the civilans and innocents killed by those whos claim to winning is who has made the most money killing other people
Originally posted by KilrathiLG
reply to post by AverageJoe1
exactly and thats another thing we have been building allies with the people we go to war with since our inception as a country example id have to say that vietnam is more afraid of china then us and we bombed them for years because even if we do attack you were are usualy more well behaived then most other conqureing armys (historicly speaking that is)
Originally posted by kro32
Who's gonna be fighting in this world war? By definition a world war is just that...the world at war. There are very few economy's that could sustain prolonged fighting at the moment.
The western European country's populations have no will to fight, the Russians have no money to fight, the Chinese have no interest in fighting as they are poised to be top dog if the rest of the worlds economy's tank.
So who's gonna fight it?
A few middle east country's and us? That does not constitute a world war.
One day after the leader of the outlawed Kurdish PKK guerrilla movement warned that Turkey could soon return to "war" with its Kurdish minority, the group killed a soldier and seriously wounded three others.
Fighters from the PKK, or Kurdish Workers' Party, carried out the ambush Monday in the town of Saray, close to Turkey's border with Iran, Anadolu Ajansi, Turkey's state news agency reported, citing the governor of Van province.