mears said:American domination of international affairs is not going to erode for some years now.
Good grief
mears said:American domination of international affairs is not going to erode for some years now.
Who needs time? If you have to assimilate data quickly you learn to assimilate data quickly.mears said:Wow, amazing one can find the time to read all that good literature.
As usual you don't see further than the end of your nose. Your "military scenarios" (I believe you mentioned Tomahawks and planes) aren't "scenarios", they're what you believe should happen, the good old "bomb the bastards" fallback that has no basis in reality.I am not advocating war with Iran. I was talking about various military scenarios. The point was no other country on the planet can project their power like the US. That is why Israel and the Palestinians take note of what comes out of Washington.
As usual you're wrong, it's abuse of power by anyone that makes me angry. I know it's hellishly convenient to you to be able to tie everything up as anti-Americanism, but it isn't reality.Its US power that makes you angry. You don't want the US to call the shots. But no one else can call the shots. The UN can't mobilize a rapid reaction force to deal with a crisis in 48 hours. The UN can't even mobilize a coalition of troops for offensive military action.
So you believe that might makes right?And you think such a group has credibility with arch enemies like the Palestinians and Israelis? UN diplomatic efforts are only credible if Washington is behind their efforts.
US power is not perfect but no one can match it, economically, militarially or culturally. Besides the hard power America has loads of the soft type. And you people get angry when I only state the facts.
You should learn to live with it. American domination of international affairs is not going to erode for some years now.
As that great science fiction writer from my home state of Indiana, Kurt Vonnegut, once said "so it goes".
Julie said:Good grief
Care to rephrase that, dufus?Ninjaboy said:i remember last time i noticed was cos you were trying to have a go at me while i was off out, i came back and you and dubversion were trolling a thread with nowt to say except wishing death on me.
Nah, you rely on calling people daft cunts because it gives meaning to your empty life ninj..i do rely on calling daft cunts a daft cunt, its a weakness
Even if I am, my condition is curable. You on the other hand are always going to be a cowardly empty-headed blowhard who gets his courage out of a bottle.you really are a daft fucking cunt
nino_savatte said:Quoi?
Ninjaboy said:like, whatever
tangentlama said:more barrel of a gun than barrel of laughs though, wouldn't you say?
Ninjaboy said:grow up Pandaboy
tangentlama said:lamas beat ninjas
return to the topic or face unorganised silent ostracisation
ViolentPanda said:The problem with returning to the topic is that some people appear to only wish to view the entire situation as a theme for a playground dispute rather than as an extremely complex problem whose solution probably lies outside of the current approaches being used.
ViolentPanda said:The problem with returning to the topic is that some people appear to only wish to view the entire situation as a theme for a playground dispute rather than as an extremely complex problem whose solution probably lies outside of the current approaches being used.
The situation currently accepted is that Hamas, violence-free since August 2004, are denounced in the West as 'terrorists' whilst the Israeli Right, guilty of murder on almost every day in the last week, enjoy diplomatic drinks.International law prohibits without exception, the extra-judicial killing of protected persons. Israel's policy of assassination clearly amounts to intentional or wilful killing, which constitutes a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and is subject to international criminal prosecution.
moono said:I choose split infinitives at dawn, varlet.
i know i have been a bit OTT on this thread
Ninjaboy said:so answer the rest of the post
ViolentPanda said:Who needs time? If you have to assimilate data quickly you learn to assimilate data quickly.
As usual you don't see further than the end of your nose. Your "military scenarios" (I believe you mentioned Tomahawks and planes) aren't "scenarios", they're what you believe should happen, the good old "bomb the bastards" fallback that has no basis in reality.
Re: Projection of power: Projection is fine, but (and I'm presuming you understand the structure of your own military here) at the moment, what with the Iraq cakewalk having turned out not to be a cakewalk, your government can only project phantoms. CENTCOM doesn't have the human or materiel[/B] resources at the moment to do anything more unless they go nuclear, and where would that leave American power?
As for your final sentence, good of you to admit that your nation's FP role is that of a bully.
As usual you're wrong, it's abuse of power by anyone that makes me angry. I know it's hellishly convenient to you to be able to tie everything up as anti-Americanism, but it isn't reality.
As for the UN, why can't they do those things? Take a look through the fifty-odd years of history, see who the prime mover against the UN in terms of the UN being able to enforce it's remit have been.
So you believe that might makes right?
Why doesn't that surprise me?
Except of course that Vonnegut's context isn't yours.
Ninjaboy said:i know i have been a bit OTT on this thread
but moono has been pulled up a number of times about suicide bombers and other forms of murder and has refused to condemn it
i think it is understandable that palestinian nationalists will resort to murder in response to the israelian government's disgusting behaviour, but i don't think it justifies the murder of innocent israelis
moono said:There aren't any.
Fred is a closet Zionist fan attempting to glorify himself in an impartial position and peeved at being knocked off balance by the truths engraved here;
http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/183.shtml
Unable to self-adjust he layed into the supposed source of his discomfort....yours truly.
He might waffle on further about his neutrality but it's a sham.