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2018-04-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The Case for Bombing Assad | World Affairs Journal

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Posted by newc 2018-04-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 In my ideal world Russia & USA make a pact (against China), one of the conditions of which is that Russia drops Iran and USA drops KSA.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-13 02:33|| 2018-04-13 02:33|| Front Page Top

#2 In my ideal world the nations would use assassins to take out each others leaders and stop having their people fight on their behalf.

Such a scenario has two advantages: (1) Democracies have a big advantage as they have a system for replacing leaders peacefully while authoritarian nations often fall into infighting (2) Democracies would see less opportunists moving into positions of power and if they did they'd avoid wars like the plague.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-04-13 12:24|| 2018-04-13 12:24|| Front Page Top

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