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Babak I was referring to hapaboy's idiotic statement about the US having to "pick and choose" its fights. As far as I know, when you're being attacked, your only choice is to either defend yourself or to surrender. So, I can only take it to mean that hapa thinks America has to "pick and...

The USSR was the communist name of the already existent Russian Empire.

Don't take it from me, Babak. Read the UN charter.

What do you want me to say? The US done everything? How the hell can I say that when it's obviously not true? Sure, in Europe's case the US provided $13 billion (mostly in grants, not loans) in assistance, and it was aimed at stabilizing democratic institutions, but it was still the...

Nor the fucking right hapaboy you ignorant, arrogant.

Max, my highest recommendation to you is to get a clue before engaging in a discussion. Or are you trying to be the American version of msfe?

Yes, it does seem like msfe is content to seize upon minor points of confusion or incompleteness and think that by refuting them he has actually scored a point or two. Sorry msfe, I'm afraid I won't be paying much attention to your comments if this pattern of behavior persists. He does...

Kymar, it is becoming glaringly obvious to me that you cannot help but to infuse your posts with whatever emotion you happen to be feeling at the time. (As evidenced by your childish remark that I have "ZERO" interest in freedom [humanity, compassion etc]). Nobody is denying that such...

"More and more"? How about finding some? I can't believe the lack of emphasis on this absolutely critical point. It was the entire justification for the invasion. Ok, you throw up a few customary shots of relieved Iraqis [that SH is gone], prattle on about how great life is going to...

Of some of them, yes indeed they are.

Babak, the future quality of life of the Iraqi people is not going to change my opinion of whether the actions the US already took were right or not. Of course it wouldn't. Now, if we're going to fast forward the clock 20, 30 years down the track, and Arab nations -- by their own choosing --...

Who's Alphonso? From what I hear of him, he sounds like a really bright guy. I'd like to meet him. Of course, it certainly is possible for the Iraqi people to be in worse shape than they were before this campaign started. Is it likely? Perhaps not, but I'll opt to reserve judgement for...

No squirming. If you actually bothered to listen to the interview, you would know that the talk about the military outcome was only a tiny portion of the whole thing. I never really held out much hope that Ritter was right on that call, but I did think that, having been a marine for so long...

Do the American thing hapas: smoke him out and give him justice!

Oh yeah dude. Those wonderfully helpful negative facts. Woohoo. Nice footwork. I'll give you that one. The point still stands that we require MORE than falsfication to arrive at facts. A simple admission on your part will do nicely here. Dude, it is taken as a given that we can only...

Let me see if I'm getting it. Does it work like this? "Stop treating your own people like shit, or we'll step in, casually murder thousands and thousands of those same people, set up an obediant puppy dog government to replace the old one, whose job will be to treat Our needs as taking...

Ok then dotslashmondo, how about you show me just where I was "wrong" about the war? You know, it's so funny to see a group of (alleged) traders get so emotional about a military victory and prematurely start proclaiming it a "success" for the people of Iraq. Let's just wait and see what...

Speaking for myself (as an "anti-war" guy), the military effort itself (ie "the war") was a success (or seems very likely to be). Then again, I never claimed that the military effort in defeating the Iraqi forces would be UNsuccessful (although I did wish it to be). So I obviously wasn't...

I said that IF certain, simple axioms are accepted THEN the purpose of mathematics is to establish 'absolute fact'. I used the inverted commas because you yourself first used the term 'asbolute fact'. This obviously refers to what HUMANS can logically accept as absolute facts; hell, for the...

Well, no, not exactly. You can just do what the US has always done. Turn the knob on the spin machine on HIGH, dazzle the crowd with some fancy footwork, and wallah, you've successfully disguised the fact that there is one set of rules for the US, and another set for everybody else.