OT:US don't qualify for EU membership, don't spank children, WW2 history.

General Woundwort · #1 August 2nd, 2003, 05:00 AM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
build a big dome over the usa and seal it shut for a few hundred years.

You Cannucks wouldn't know what to do with yourselves if you didn't have us to kick around, so just sit back and quit griping.

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Terrorism is rare. Not an everyday occuance.

So is an outbreak of Ebola. But both can have devastating consequences. The 9/11 attacks were a picnic in the park compared to what will happen when some ecoterror/islamofascist/whatevergroupwithwhatevergreivance gets ahold of a WMD and uses it. It's just a matter of time...

tesco samoa · #2 August 2nd, 2003, 05:08 AM

i am worse ... a canuck who is a immigrant.

Thermodyne · #3 August 2nd, 2003, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
i am worse ... a canuck who is a immigrant.

From Ireland IIR? Orange or Green?

tbontob · #4 August 2nd, 2003, 07:07 PM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
i am worse ... a canuck who is a immigrant.

Directly or indirectly, we are all immigrants including the peoples of the First Nations who try to avoid admitting it.

oleg · #5 August 2nd, 2003, 08:44 PM

Yeap. We all come from Africa. One way or another.

Narrew · #6 August 2nd, 2003, 10:40 PM

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Originally posted by Thermodyne:
Now a word on the resistance. For a country that was defeated in a few weeks, and allowed parole for it men in uniform, Iraq is quite subdued. The level of attacks against Americans is quite low considering that the former leader is free and in possession of the majority of his loyal [sic] fighters.

Good points Thermodyne. I have been watching the History Channel and they had a show on post WWII, there was a large contrast in post Japan and post Germany. We were there for a real long time in both countries, and Germany had many SS soldiers in hiding (just like Iraq). Japan didn't perform any type of armed resistance, also they had no idea of democracy (just like Iraq).

Though there are differences there are also similarities, the anti-war-Bush crowd wont admit it, but we have a great opportunity in Iraq. Lets just hope things go well, but it will take time.

Will · #7 August 3rd, 2003, 07:30 AM

The opportunity to bring a democratic form of government to Iraq (and, I would assume, it is hoped to spread throughout the rest of the Middle East with a little time) is the only arguement for the war that I've heard that didn't have some big holes in it. But I still don't think it was a good idea on an idealogical level. It's pretty much summed up in a quote I heard somewhere (I don't remember where I heard it):

"Democracy imposed from without is the highest form of tyranny."

Just something to think about. Our intentions are good, but I don't think for a second that the new "government" we set up will be much better than any that came before it, including the one it replaced.