And the Soviet Union won Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, China won Tibet, Castro won Cuba, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
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And the Soviet Union won Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, China won Tibet, Castro won Cuba, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
No worries. No worries. We'll be fine. Within one more generation, the average American will be too fat to go out and cause any trouble anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
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But we'll be happy. Look at the smile on his fat little face! Unless the battle takes place at his dinner table, this roly-poly Ringo Starr wannabe won't be fightin' no wars.
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Another trillion $ into sh##holes like Iraq (have ya heard Saddam was a "bad man"? oh yeah, he was the only one... and he was just like Hitler too!)... and I figure Atilla can start gathering his men "at the gate". He might even want to take in the Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. before he takes the city.
Beyond Estonia,Lithuania and Latvia, you analogy does not exist, and a good liberal U.S. president gave the former three to Russia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
Jag I read "Fast Food Nation" It's repulsive what "some" people injest, and in mass quantities.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
That slop should come with warning labels just like smokes (not that it would do any good)
Here in my neck of the woods (S.D. Ca.) were considered to live above the adverage in terms of health and diet.
If that is really true it's a sad commentary on the general health of us all inclusive!
I have known a number of racists...seems racists come in all sorts of different colors.
might be one myself, depending on how you define the term
Back home when I was growing up, had some very near and nice ancestors that truly believed in "seperate but equal" status for minorities, and worse, some even believed that for women as well. :eek:
Indeed, so very radical were these horrifying beliefs, all the good folks living around them, called them "communists" for such radically left wing insane views and never invited them to go play dress up and wear those white robes at midnight.... :(
All that is clear is that the world is going to hell, just wish i could get off before it arrives---or to MacDonald's. (thanks for sharing your family photos, Jag, makes me wish for back home)
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Originally Posted by Rollo
Imagine that, a politician who didn't uphold a campaign pledge. This is movie material in the making, as it's never happened in the past! ;)
I'm more than aware of the tensions and reasons behind those tensions on Okinawa. I've seen both sides of the story, and understand why some of them want the bases moved or gone. Just as with many areas here in the US and abroad, most of those protesting made a decision to live near the base, then protest it existing.
I'm also fairly aware of the military resources on Okinawa and their capabilities, as well as why they are on Okinawa in particular. Unless Japan wants to go it alone on national security in the region, they don't have many options. And as much as they hate to admit it, the government of Japan understands those reasons and options enough to maintain bases they have long ago promised the population they would shut down. The Japanese government is much more concerned about what is seen in that aerial recon imagery than the US is, I can assure you of that.
I've also seen first hand just how lopsided the reporting on many things on Okinawa are. You hear about any major crime by a US serviceman, but they seem to forget what crimes the Okinawans commit against the US military. I've also seen the reports of economic impact on the bases closing, and just how quick those numbers were disproven when it was taking into the context of money actually made on the island, not including the money of wealthy investors that would earn it regardless.
Speaking of Estonia, the Soviets believed in the power of negotiations and funnily it worked and lives were saved:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia
They could have just bombed the sh!t out of the Estonian resistance until they were all dead. That's the US recipe.Quote:
Most of the Estonian Defence Forces and the Estonian Defence League surrendered according to the orders of the Estonian Government believing that resistance was useless and were disarmed by the Red Army.[47][48] Only the Estonian Single Signal Battalion stationed in Tallinn at Raua Street showed resistance to Red Army and Communist Militia called "People's Self-Defence"[49] on June 21, 1940.[50] As the Red Army brought in additional reinforcements supported by six armoured fighting vehicles, the battle lasted several hours until sundown. Finally the military resistance was ended with negotiations and the Single Signal Battalion surrendered and was disarmed.[51] There were 2 dead Estonian servicemen, Aleksei Männikus and Johannes Mandre, and several wounded on the Estonian side and about 10 killed and more wounded on the Soviet side.[52][53] The Soviet militia that participated in the battle was led by Nikolai Stepulov.[54]
Not at that point in time Eki.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
That kind of behavior was championed by Japan. See "Rape of Nanking"
There was also a bloke named Hitler that misbehaved in that time of reference!
You have to go back at least as far as “The Spanish American War” to find that level of aggression commonly referred to as Manifest Destiny!
I know if I ever got into a firefight with Eki on my side I would want him where I could see him, not behind me! :p
Again the analogy exists only in your faulty logic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
Although, Eki is correct back after WWII, how the ALLIES, not just the U.S. handled resistance. If armed resistance was met, the village was shelled, or the occupants of any and all villages were told that it would be s shelled if any resistance was met.
One of the facts of WWII that is rarely told.
As Russia was one of the ALLIES, Estonia knew they had no chance, period.