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Ferret: That's the damn happiest smilie in the world...
Not that I disagree with you, Zhaneel...
It seems like we still think it's a Cold War world, just without Russia. The Cold War is over, and not because the threat of massive apocalyptic retaliation is lessened. It's over because communism is not the force it once was, and because we don't have to go around spiting our enemies by propping up regimes with ideologies that are good for PR and the right color on our risk board. (yeah, potshot they're fun...)
I think I respect most career soldiers (though I wouldn't encourage anyone to join the army). It's important not to make them feel like hell when they come back, true. That's why I try to disagree more respectfully than most people seem to. A lot of liberals have anger problems. A lot of conservatives do too... and among these angry people there are some mixed nuts.
Spiderman: Hi. I am a person. And I think I'm against the war too. (And maybe Mazzak).
About that support thing... There is more support for this war than for the revolutionary one had at the time... that is there is more support in THIS COUNTRY for the war. In the country that's being liberated (which is what I meant by saying the colonies) I imagine the opinions are a bit different.
(I'm going to stop propping up that faulty analogy now though. )
Not that I disagree with you, Zhaneel...
No, they don't declare war when their trigger fingers get itchy. (a potshot, I know).Originally posted by Zhaneel
"This brings an intersting question - why haven't the other governments that were so against this done anything to us? Are they afraid of us? I don't see why..."
We're only the most influential country in the world... What were you thinking they'd do to us? Declare war?
It seems like we still think it's a Cold War world, just without Russia. The Cold War is over, and not because the threat of massive apocalyptic retaliation is lessened. It's over because communism is not the force it once was, and because we don't have to go around spiting our enemies by propping up regimes with ideologies that are good for PR and the right color on our risk board. (yeah, potshot they're fun...)
I think I respect most career soldiers (though I wouldn't encourage anyone to join the army). It's important not to make them feel like hell when they come back, true. That's why I try to disagree more respectfully than most people seem to. A lot of liberals have anger problems. A lot of conservatives do too... and among these angry people there are some mixed nuts.
Spiderman: Hi. I am a person. And I think I'm against the war too. (And maybe Mazzak).
About that support thing... There is more support for this war than for the revolutionary one had at the time... that is there is more support in THIS COUNTRY for the war. In the country that's being liberated (which is what I meant by saying the colonies) I imagine the opinions are a bit different.
(I'm going to stop propping up that faulty analogy now though. )