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Originally posted by bruwin
You guys kill me. First off, no American bases exist in Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, or Uzbeckistan. And black dots depicting US bases in Pakistan is absolutely laughable....THEY HATE US! Why would they let us have all those bases in their country? As it was we had to sneak in under the cover of darkness to kill OBL....but you guys see those bases in Pakistan and say "Yep...US has bases there."
Someone do some RESEARCH because your killing me. And I don't know if you guys actually read real news but we left Iraq awhile ago...there are no more American forces there. Basically you can cut that list by 3/4 because the rest of it is BS.
Originally posted by CALGARIAN
First pic is just garbage....
There are 45 police stations in my city, can gangs be a threat? YES.
*sigh*
Originally posted by CALGARIAN
First pic is just garbage....
There are 45 police stations in my city, can gangs be a threat? YES.
*sigh*
Originally posted by Hopechest
reply to post by cass1dy09
That first picture is not accurate.
You may eliminate poverty for approximately 10 seconds then it will be back. At least that money spent on a war will end that current war and it probably won't happen again.
I read somewhere, some psych study, that if you gave poor people 10 million dollars they would be right back in their current situation within five years.
Its not about having the money its about having the drive to acheive and maintain that is the key.
Originally posted by maryhinge
reply to post by LightningStrikesHere
it makes you laugh iran the threat with all those bases around them
Originally posted by pacifier2012
So by the same analogy Canada is about to be invaded?
Originally posted by cruddas
reply to post by Hopechest
Interesting info you have provided, they did not worry about owning the oil back then, but since it started to support their personal currency in place of gold they did not have enough of they want that oil back in their hands.
Originally posted by johngrissom
reply to post by cass1dy09
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!! REALLY????
Guess how many people are going to be unemployed if the government can't come to an agreement? Half the military will be disbanded and all non-essential civilians will be fired. That is adding more peeps to the unemployment line!!!!!!!!!! Why????? Because we are currently not a war with anyone? How do I know this? Because I move the stuff back from the Middle East...its over...done...stick a fork in it. War was the only thing keeping this country a float, but none of you are smart enough to see that!!! None of you realize the military only makes up less than 1% of America. Not to mention the fact that China actually has a bigger military than anyone and their defense spending is fine. Also, not to mention that our current defense spending is positive.
What is destroying this country, is ALL OF YOU!!! "I support welfare...it is great!" Free money to everyone then.
You soul sucking democrats wanting the end the world, need to jump off a cliff. And, you Republicans need to stand your ground and quit faltering when a Democrat tells you to jump.
Don't even dare challenge me that it isn't the Democrats fault.....THERE IS A MOTHER FREAKIN DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW. GO PACK SAND!
Without WAR...this country WILL FALL
And, pretty soon we WILL NOT HAVE A MILITARY..........BRING IT ON RED DAWN!!!!!
Originally posted by Hopechest
reply to post by cass1dy09
That first picture is not accurate.
You may eliminate poverty for approximately 10 seconds then it will be back. At least that money spent on a war will end that current war and it probably won't happen again.
I read somewhere, some psych study, that if you gave poor people 10 million dollars they would be right back in their current situation within five years.
Its not about having the money its about having the drive to acheive and maintain that is the key.
Originally posted by Hopechest
Originally posted by cass1dy09
reply to post by Hopechest
Im sure that stat is not based on just giving the poor straight cash as it would be used to help educate people out of poverty in which ever methods.
Yes the statistic I read was given a poor person 10 million in cash.
I agree that changing the internal structure, particularly making higher education easier to access would greatly help those who are not as likely to be exposed to that world.
I was raised on a ranch and was expected to simply enter into that world when I became an adult. I decided to go to college and believe me that they do not make it easy to access it. Having no money it took me forever and a day to figure out how student loans work and yada yada so this area could definitely be improved.
I almost gave up and went home because it was so frustrating so I can't imagine the obstacles faced by those with even less knowledge than I had. I hate to even think of some of the brilliant minds we are missing out on simply because we make our system so hard.
Really sad.
Originally posted by bruwin
You guys kill me. First off, no American bases exist in Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, or Uzbeckistan. And black dots depicting US bases in Pakistan is absolutely laughable....THEY HATE US! Why would they let us have all those bases in their country? As it was we had to sneak in under the cover of darkness to kill OBL....but you guys see those bases in Pakistan and say "Yep...US has bases there."
Someone do some RESEARCH because your killing me. And I don't know if you guys actually read real news but we left Iraq awhile ago...there are no more American forces there. Basically you can cut that list by 3/4 because the rest of it is BS.
Originally posted by g146541
Originally posted by CALGARIAN
First pic is just garbage....
There are 45 police stations in my city, can gangs be a threat? YES.
*sigh*
I generally see your point but, just what if all of those police stations were manned by Chinese police?
Kind of changes the flavor, yeah?