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Originally Posted by Eki
And who exactly is 'we' ?
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Originally Posted by Eki
And who exactly is 'we' ?
I take it this is a extract from George W Bush's address to the nation?Quote:
Originally Posted by fousto
Could be Jack BauerQuote:
Originally Posted by Ian McC
According to fousto, "World Idiots".Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian McC
I'm pretty happy that the US "won" the Cold War. I hate to think what the world would be like if the communist Soviet Union had won.
I find US foreign policy to be a little hypocritical at times, especially where the Middle East is concerned, but on the whole I have no problem with America.
The US has a big stick that keeps a lot of the more rabid, looney nations in check, but they use that stick with considerable restraint more often than not. I would go so far as to say that if they got the stick out a bit more frequently we might be living in a much calmer world.
Hawkmoon, you wont be getting any Christmas cards from Eki now....join the club. He doesn't want to hear anything about an American doing anything right...OF course, what he fails to realize that the world isn't about absolutes, and while the Yanks get it wrong every now and then, they get it right a lot more often, and I have more faith in their ability to make up for mistakes than to trust the Chinese, Russians and about 10 other nations that claim to take the high road to speak for my interests.
Eki thinks everyone should be like Finland, what he fails to realize, the rest of the world is not Finland...
Eki, Chavez is a big bag of wind, but of course, that would be attractive to you? I thought you were smarter than that. Before the next 20 years is out, You will see what a mess Chavez is going to make in Venezuela. He is using economic models that make Cuba work so well.....
It would have been an awful place. Bulgaria was a communist country, close to the nion in the past. The Sovieth communism was a tyranny, created by bloodshed and treachery. Sometimes I might be irritated by the USA, but I'm so happy that they won the Cold War, because of this, I can be here chating with you, because of theis, I can by Coke or pizza or burger whenever I like, becuase of this I can watch a new Star Wars movie when it comes out (and I can watch it uncut) and I can buy a new Harry Potter book immediately after its release.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
The USA won the Cold War for themselves, but their victory was victory for the world. Some people complain abut USA being bad. They might be, but the others are much, much worse. China? If everything is all right there, how happens that so many Chinese want to leave it? Russia? Great country, great history, but the USSR was the most terrible thing ever to exist IMO.
About USA haters - who are they - Kadaffi, Chaves, Castro? At least two of them have their hands coevered with blood.
I support USA.
As much as I like Eki and respect his coherant policy of sticking his opinions I once more have to say he represent his very own view, not the whole Finland. Or world idiots.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
On the contrary. I've been saying for years here that the world isn't black and white like Bush seems to think. There is no "good" and "evil" (it's in the eye of the beholder like beauty), not everyone wants to be like Americans, and "with us or against us" doesn't work in real world. And I've also been saying that if you try to fix something without knowing what you're doing, you might end up doing even more damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
On the contrary again. I think everyone should be let to be the way they want to be without anyone trying to force them into a different mold, especially using violence. Even Iran, North Korea and Cuba. Possible change should start from the people of those countries, not from the president of the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa