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2006-10-15 Britain

The world looks a darker and more dangerous place

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Posted by .com 2006-10-15 04:20|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What an absolute fool. Yeah, ok. So we are still in the mood to be nice. It's our Christian nature. So for this moron, it means he need not respect the power that we represent should we ever really feel threatened or thoroughly pissed off.

This is the same type of sap who befriends Grizzly bears or tigers. "See... isn't he cute, he lets me put my head in his mouth." He's my pet.

Posted by anon 2006-10-15 05:24|| 2006-10-15 05:24|| Front Page Top

#2 In truth, it has been difficult for the US to strike the right balance. It has oscillated between being too passive and too aggressive and both extremes have had dire consequences.

So, do if I understand this correctly, the US should be like most of Europe...."passive-aggressive?"

Posted by Besoeker 2006-10-15 06:33|| 2006-10-15 06:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, but this turnip twadler has 1 point...

The cold war is over but the doctrine of nuclear deterrence has now to be resurrected

Posted by Shipman 2006-10-15 07:44|| 2006-10-15 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 But since the end of the cold war Washington has not matched its monopoly of power with either humility or wisdom. Its foreign policy failures have been humbling. Intending to show that it could project power anywhere in the world, it has instead demonstrated the severe limitations of its military and diplomatic reach

we should be more like one of the snivelling Eurotrash countries? Foreign policy failures? Like letting the EU negotiate Iran straight to nuke weapons? Like letting China and Russia stop sanctions on Kim? Cowboy up U.S.! F*ck these hand-wringing pussies and drag them kicking and screaming into our reality

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-15 08:27|| 2006-10-15 08:27|| Front Page Top

#5 But since the end of the cold war Washington has not matched its monopoly of power with either humility or wisdom. Its foreign policy failures have been humbling. Intending to show that it could project power anywhere in the world, it has instead demonstrated the severe limitations of its military and diplomatic reach

People who live on ~~military/defense~~ welfare shouldn't preach to others who are doing the work and heavy lifting how to do their jobs. The combined GDP and population of the EU exceeds that of the US. Put up or shut up. Image your economy if the US Navy didn't provide secure sea lanes for the rest of the world's ocean going commerce. Now that is dark.

Posted by Procopius2K 2006-10-15 09:35|| 2006-10-15 09:35|| Front Page Top

#6 When it expelled Saddam from Kuwait in 1991 it left him in power in Baghdad.

1. No one in the world thought that was the plan, at the time.

2. The UN mandate was to get Sammy out of the soverign nation of Kuwait, not to take down another soverign nation.

3. According to the Dueffler (?) report, Sammy HAD WMD's in 1991 and intended to use them if the coalition crossed the Iraqi border.

4. George H.W. Bush did it exactly right, including stopping abruptly after 100 hours when it was clear the Iraqi army was toast, but wankers can't accept that.

Posted by Bobby 2006-10-15 11:13|| 2006-10-15 11:13|| Front Page Top

#7 One reason we stopped then was that that was the point at which the large number of surrenders after horrendous casualty rates in the Iraqi army were identified and sent up the chain of command IIRC.

Had there been a clear mandate going into the fight to remove Saddam, they could have pressed on with fewer casualties for the other side. But without that mandate, Bush Sr. stopped the fight and many commanders such as Colin Powell were (rightly or wrongly in retrospect) glad he did.

Posted by lotp 2006-10-15 11:17|| 2006-10-15 11:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Image your economy if the US Navy didn't provide secure sea lanes for the rest of the world's ocean going commerce. Now that is dark.

Hear! Hear!

Why we laugh at trade deficits, or I got 1 boat and 72 reasons the dollar will be ~~Army~~ strong.

Posted by Shipman 2006-10-15 12:50|| 2006-10-15 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 This entire article needs a severe fisking. If this is how the "intelligencia" in England think, the Brits are well and thoroughly screwed.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-10-15 20:33|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-10-15 20:33|| Front Page Top

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