Andrew-Austin
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I think Darc's a Ron Paul fan but doesn't know it yet.![]()
I think hes a guy with a really boring desk job, who is trying to troll but is doing a pretty shitty job of it.
I think Darc's a Ron Paul fan but doesn't know it yet.![]()
Hell, I'd slit the throat of my next door neighbor if I knew that doing so would save my town from destruction.
You've never really lived until you've slit your neighbors throat to prevent an imaginary scenario from occurring. Seriously.![]()
.......of the only pre-Iraq War democracy in the Middle East.
Who said I wanted to make peace?
A very good question indeed, dear lady, and I am more than happy to answer it for you.
It is my considered opinion that we do not live in a world where we can simply retract from the policies which have lead us to this time and place, and then pretend that in doing so we have reversed the course upon which we've long sailed. There are ideological views and then there is cold reality, and it is the latter upon which I base my contentions. Would that we could turn back the clock and simply draw to a close the play we see unfolding before us, but unfortunately we cannot.
Suffice it to say that non-interventionism, for all its merits, is a non-starter in this day and age.
You couldn't be more wrong about non-interventionism being a non-starter. I think there may be some confusion about what non-interventionism is. It certainly does not have anything to do with "turning back the clock". Michael Scheuer, best selling author, and former head of the CIA Bin Laden unit disagrees with you. Our horrible foreign policy over the last 50 years or so has caused unintended consequences, aka "blowback".
Take for example what our gov't did in 1953 when it overthrew the Mossadegh and installed the Shah in Iran. The Iranians have resented us ever since. Then in the 1980s we created a monster in Saddam Hussein and backed him up against a war with Iran, and then wonder why he invaded Kuwait. Then, around the same time, we support Bin Laden against the Soviets in Afganistan. Now he's our enemy. These are but a few examples of our shitty foreign policy.
I've got a question for you. If you agree that we should adhere to the Constitution, then how do you feel about Congress NOT declaring war in Iraq, or Viet Nam or Korea for that matter?
Fact is, our military is stationed in over 130 countries. We spend over 700 billion dollars a year on this 'policing' of the world that is NOT constitutional. We don't have the money for this anyway, unless of course, you're okay with the Federal Reserve issueing endless amounts of money into the economy, allowing the gov't to borrow us all into oblivion.
I hope your "cold reality" doesn't include repeating the same foreign policies year after year. You know what they say about repeating the same actions over and over while expecting different results......
That sure was a lot of typing for what I'm sure will either be no response or a half-witted one liner.
That sure was a lot of typing for what I'm sure will either be no response or a half-witted one liner.
We are hated around the world, and it isn't because we're beautiful.
Yes, well most of us experienced cognitive dissonance at one time or another. He obviously isn't aware of any of this, or he wouldn't think the way he does about it. How can anyone in their right mind think that our foreign policy should remain as it is? We are hated around the world, and it isn't because we're beautiful.
And DarcPrynce is the mod of another forum? wow.
Perhaps he's going to head to the library and pick up a Chalmers Johnson or Michael Scheuer book but I doubt it. There's a reason why these people hang out on a forum that doesn't allow for a difference of opinion. It's the intellectual equivalent of a 4 year old sticking his fingers in his ears and yelling "NANANANANANA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
Could be this guy: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=101140761
Seems to fit his profile.
But then again it could also bebiblvr777 posing as DarcPrynce?? Now that would be insane.
This thread is quite amusing and distracting.
Wow! He's more like us than I realized (from his profile). Although there are several here that I VEHEMENTLY disagree with:
Yes, it's always foreign policy that's the deal-breaker with those-that-must-not-be-named.