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Photos show U.S. GIs posing with dead Afghans[W:1146]

Catawba said:
So you agree it was a mistake and now wish to establish blame?
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Vietnam was ridiculous for any reason other than supporting allies. Even in that case...it was mostly ridiculous. I;m not trying to establish blame....just ruling out the "warmonger" crap you extreme lefties through around.
 
mac said:
Catawba...what democracy has returned to dictatorship?

Please do grow a pair and give an honest answer.
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I've told you twice now. You first have to come up with a Democracy we created that is not corrupt and can stand on its own without our protection.

Otherwise, its no better than a dictatorship and more costly to US taxpayers.
 
Catawba, what makes you refer to the US as a "hegamony"?


j-mac
 
mac said:
And we haven't because....?
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Most of the world's remaining cheap oil reserves are in the middle east.



What about the UK? Germany? Italy? Austria? Demark? What do you consider "modern"? In all that history....what two democracies have gone to war against each other?


again...balls...
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You seem to be obsessed with balls............. Just sayin'...................


Karzai has said that Afghanistan (which you deem a Democracy success story) would stand with Pakistan in a war with the US. The "Democratic" government in Iraq kicked our military out of the country, despite our pleas to stay.
 
Catawba said:
I've told you twice now. You first have to come up with a Democracy we created that is not corrupt and can stand on its own without our protection.

Otherwise, its no better than a dictatorship and more costly to US taxpayers.
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What's this "we created" crap? Name any two democracies that we have created or did not create that went to war against each other. This really should not be hard for you to do...right?
 
mac said:
What's this "we created" crap? Name any two democracies that we have created or did not create that went to war against each other. This really should not be hard for you to do...right?
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the West is responsible for the birth of both Lebanon and Israel.
 
j-mac said:
Catawba, what makes you refer to the US as a "hegamony"?


j-mac
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I'm not talking about the US as a "hegamony", I'm talking about our military actions to establish hegemony throughout the world.


Look it up.
 
Catawba said:
Most of the world's remaining cheap oil reserves are in the middle east.
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Actually....of the top 10, 5 are in the middle east, 5 are not.

You seem to be obsessed with balls............. Just sayin'...................
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Mine are large, I expect others' to be...or go home.
 
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Thunder said:
the West is responsible for the birth of both Lebanon and Israel.
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Hmmm....Interesting. I had no idea that "the West" (Code for evul America) was involved with civilizations that predate Jesus.


j-mac
 
Catawba said:
I'm not talking about the US as a "hegamony", I'm talking about our military actions to establish hegemony throughout the world.


Look it up.
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I have, and it still doesn't fit...So I have to ask what definition you'd like me to refer to....


j-mac
 
Catawba said:
LOL!! Are we not a democratic nation? We are the most warring nation in modern history!!!

Sorry I don't support military force used to establish hegemony. That is the one thing I agree with Ron Paul, our military use should be used for defense, not offense.
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It's interesting how many here at DP who disagree over most other things have expressed that same opinion.
 
j-mac said:
Oh come on....:roll: What's he going to say? 'They are great guys'? 'Yeah, I saw that before, no big deal'?


Don't you have anything better than that to respond?


j-mac
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I thought that he would say that he was lucky that he was just outside the photo and didn't get caught...
 
Catawba said:
I've told you twice now. You first have to come up with a Democracy we created that is not corrupt and can stand on its own without our protection.

Otherwise, its no better than a dictatorship and more costly to US taxpayers.
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Sure....

While Japan and Germany were the last complete builds, we've been fairly successful at remodeling, not least in Latin America. Colombia will be a success eventually if we don't give up on them. El Salvador, Panama after Just Cause.
 
j-mac said:
You don't know what you think?

I asked for what YOU think, not what you think of what the author of the article was thinking....Don't you see the difference?


j-mac
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Another silly response on your part. You completely miss what is being said by several planets. I just don't think random thoughts are not all that informative. To voice an opinion on a subject have this radical idea that I should have some information on it. You think this is unreasonable?
 
mac said:
Actually....of the top 10, 5 are in the middle east, 5 are not.
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Please pay attention, I said nothing about the top 10. I said, "Most of the world's remaining cheap oil reserves are in the middle east."


Mine are large
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TMI (too much information).
 
j-mac said:
I have, and it still doesn't fit...So I have to ask what definition you'd like me to refer to....


j-mac
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Hegemony definition:

"1: preponderant influence or authority over others : domination <battled for hegemony in Asia>"
 
ric27 said:
Sure....

While Japan and Germany were the last complete builds, we've been fairly successful at remodeling, not least in Latin America. Colombia will be a success eventually if we don't give up on them. El Salvador, Panama after Just Cause.
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You ignored this part - "and can stand on its own without our protection."
 
Catawba said:
Since you can provide no evidence of the military ever condemning a sailor for having a hangover, it would seem your comparison is moot.
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hell, I was the one that wrote him up and sent him to get confirmed so he could be brought up on charges.
 
cpwill said:
hell, I was the one that wrote him up and sent him to get confirmed so he could be brought up on charges.
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Who, and you say his actions were publicly condemned by the military as the actions in this case were?
 
Catawba said:
Who, and you say his actions were publicly condemned by the military as the actions in this case were?
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he showed up for duty still drunk. I was his NCO, put him up on charges, drove him to the docs' to get the paperwork and the confirming bloodtest, and he went up before The Man who stripped his rank and pay.
 
cpwill said:
he showed up for duty still drunk. I was his NCO, put him up on charges, drove him to the docs' to get the paperwork and the confirming bloodtest, and he went up before The Man who stripped his rank and pay.
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If his actions endangered his fellow troops and put at risk a decade long mission, I would say he got off easy.
 
Boo Radley said:
Another silly response on your part. You completely miss what is being said by several planets. I just don't think random thoughts are not all that informative. To voice an opinion on a subject have this radical idea that I should have some information on it. You think this is unreasonable?
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Maybe not unreasonable, but certainly radical. People on this forum voice opinions on subjects about which they have no information quite regularly.
 
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