Posted on 09/12/2001 12:31:51 AM PDT by ouroboros
LOL!!
LOL!!
Could it be because all able Swiss male citizens are required to serve in the military and to keep their weapons in their homes ready to go at a moments notice? Though nothing will stop a determined madman, responsible armed citizens will always be a strong deterant to these people.
Check my post, 'dog! I said, "Nature hates a vacuum." Your post in reply backs that up -- When one fell off the throne, another climbed on top.
Only a fool would believe that the USA will remain the sole superpower for eternity. And only a fool would deny that when the USA finally falls, another GloboCop -- probably not nearly as benevolent -- will rise.
To all: I'm not saying the U.S. should not use strong action. We have to continue the agressive game we started.
Re-read Browne's words. What "strong action" did he recommend?
'please sir, you cannot smoke pot and clean your handgun on the eating tray'!
When Bill Clinton bombed an aspirin factory to oblivion in order to distract attention from his hedonistic wanderings, perjury and witness tampering, did the citizens of THIS NATION revolt? Was he jerked out of office by his collar as he should have been? NO!!
Our illustrious elected representatives in the Senate unanimously voted for a trial that was a complete whitewash and free pass to the life he is living now. The entire world saw that. Have there been any indications from any sector of our government that he will EVER be brought to justice for his many crimes while in office? NO!!
Why would the people of any other nation NOT draw the same conclusion you have about others - that the people of THIS NATION supported and continue to turn a blind eye to his evil crimes?
I realize that the majority of your brain cells are below your belt, but why not try using the scant few above your collar for a change?
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More likely, its that a whole lot of folks' money, including the terrorists' financial backing, finds its home in the banks of Switzerland.
Yes, we recognize the government of Israel (as we should) -- although we have NO treaty of mutual defense with Israel; and it is true -- Israel is at war with its mortal enemy, "Palestine" (though it is an internal war; a kind of civil war, as "palestine" is not even really a nation-state and never has been).
All of which has next to nothing to do with the Gulf War and the ensuing blockade of Iraq. These actions -- actions of imperial military interventionism -- have a lot more to do with the escalation of radical-Islamic terrorism against the US in the 1990s than does our recognition of Israel.
And for what?
Oil?
We have Oil. Here, in the US, in Alaska and in major offshore deposits. There is no need to engage in empire-building in the Gulf; such imperial overstretch invariably serves to enrage and radicalize against us, numerous elements who (if we were not militarily present in the region) would otherwise care very little about us, one way or another.
Patriots would prefer to drill oil at home, and make no more enemies than we have to. We value the blood of our fellow-citizens too highly to endanger them by engaging in empire-building in the Gulf (and somalia, and serbia, and haiti, and... etc).
The disservice that America has done to Iraq is that the man is not 6 feet under. We must make this right.
Couldn't eradicate those ... but we could shoot you up with a good dose, and knock you out for the duration of this little adventure ... and not have to read your inane posts ... that alone would be worth it.
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