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The pentagon is conducting active investigations to answer this perplexing question.

Yes, the post colonial socio/political unwinding combined with oil wealth and WMD has led to a hornets nest in the Middle East. Does this then lead you to support preemptive-war then re-colonization followed by restructuring of the offending regimes? I would rather the US spend the 75 billion...

Great post trader 556!

How could anyone answer no to this question? The trick however is that this question just does not apply. Germany was one of the top industrial/military powers in the 1930's. Iraq doesn't even register. Being a repressive totalitarian regime is different than the active organized genocide the...

Why on earth would you think one need to be a fan of capitalism or this sick illegal war to make money off of the market's movements?

Was the preceding sell off a traitors decline?

I totally disagree. The Israeli passport question is a trivial part of what Trader 556 posts. The idea of "Pax Americana" is the key concept here. None of the other arguments really hold up and can explain why the US is willing to risk and spend so much to occupy Iraq. Oil has been well...

Right on Nitro. Such definitional truths are rarely uttered in these fora. :cool: The unconscious is governed by the uncertainty principle: attempting to view it alters its original and unconscious status.

Right on rs7! Questioning this war for most of us has nothing to do with any affection or trust towards Hussain. From everything I have read, he is truly a visious, paranoid, and murderous sadist. Also I would agree he would very destructive if cornered. However, I think we are all so deeply...

Which sea separates Nepal from China?;)

Good Question. If you define empire that broad then the 48 contiguous US states are an empire- like the original US 48, China slowly expanded over many years into land taken from various peoples originally present. As far as I know, China has no overseas holdings to compare with the soon to be...

how about it optional. History and dictionary altering events They'll have to redo the definition of empire to incorporate republics. And they might as well include constitutional, parlimentary monrarchies otherwise Britain doesn't fit that definition. good night.

I'd locate most of the uncertainty here- the real cost of this cheap oil. Most of the US states are going broke; what will it cost to build the US protectorate/puppet/state/colony or whatever of Iraq? Not even to mention the costs of securing this US island in a hostile sea of nations. And for...

I agree that we cannot depend on a repeat. At the end of the first Gulf war, the market expected a return to relative normality and celebrated. The after of this war much more murky and so far includes a plan for complete military occupation of Iraq- ie no return to the norm... Rather, we will...

I am disgusted reading these posts from people on the right side of the 25K rule justifying its existence and feeling themselves to be superior traders based upon some new governmental blessing. While I find myself on the lucky side of the 25k wall, I am horrified by this rule. The best...

fooliosbrother, oldtrader and Nitro, Very classy resolution!