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a_person, what if Egypt, Libya and others started funding the palestinians with AA-capabilites as well as training Hamas operatives, providing weapons and tactical support. How would Israel feel about that? :) PS! Try to avoid personal attacks ...

On the views of Patton ... What a moronic bigot :) I was an intelligence operator for NATO communication while in the military, and as anyone who have read NATO intelligence reports on russian forces can confirm - the russians have wildly impressive logistical capabilities. They move...

Interestingly the dissolution of the Soviet union in 1990 with the two areas in Georgia wanting to continue the strong ties with Russia, were promised to become controlled/subdued by the elected president of Georgia - that was a central part of his program that won him the presidential election...

Absolutely, air superiority means little unless you're going to kill them all. It would make zero sense for anyone to try to invade Iran. Taking air superiority wouldn't mean much unless you were trying to subdue them like Iraq was for some time, but in the end - it amounts to little...

If the US would not have joined in talks with the Iranians now that Syria is helping in and the EU shows openness, the US would have been sidelined in the process - with little to say in vetoing or determining the outcome. Imagine what would happen if the EU started talks and made a deal with...

Suddenly, it seems the US is afraid of being sidelined and are joining the EU in talks with Iran ... :D

stu, to me existence is that which is part of the present or the past - as in exists or existed. I don't try to reduce existence to anything else. I do think of nothingness as something different from existence, sure. But I don't think of nothingness as non-existence. For instance what's...

stu, you are just reiterating the central existensialist beliefs - that everything is centered around existence as the irreducible, or lack of existence - as nothingness. Existensialists say that existence precedes the nature of things, concepts, ... In my opinion, nothingness "existed" but...

stu, sure, the abstract idea or concept of "nothing" does exist - well, at least depending on how you define existence. Philosophy uses cause-effect and logics to reason about the universe, so to have it make sense. Your line of thinking seem to be in line with what some prominent...

a_person, I do think that Israel, the US and many others do mind what Europe does and what their opinion is. If you had only seen the reaction that the new EU laws for detention of illegal immigrants have provoked here in Brazil and South America ... So, arguing that EU is irrelevant - that...

a_person, a proposal made referred in december 2000 ... Please, remind me who got in office as US president in january 2001? :p

It's really cool when you start looking into systems theory, complex adapting systems, decision theory and how intelligence is composed of various aspects (fluid and crystal intelligence, lateral thinking, swarm intelligence and the DNA encoded skills) ... It really gives a whole new meaning...

a_person, why does letting go of occupied land have anything to do with negotiating lasting peace? To have lasting peace, one need to establish trust and mutually beneficial terms. Strong-arm tactics are not the best way to reach peaceful terms. If Israel returned their occupied areas, that...

a_person, actually the US and Israel are denying any negotiations before Iran stop all nuclear (enriching) activity. That goes to show how absurd the situation is. It's like GWB saying the US will import agricultural products from Africa when african nations remove all import restrictions on US...

a_person, I don't think it's delusional at all. As a matter of fact president Assad of Syria, today warned anyone attacking Iran that it would lead to a hefty price to be paid over possibly decades. Of course, I also think it's important to use more than a single news source. Otherwise one...

a_person, Syria and Iran are actually quite supporting of each other. Iran is now influencing politics in Iraq, as is Syria. Pakistan and Afghanistan are already collaborating, and will unmistakingly have closer ties when the NATO forces leaves there. The tension between Pakistan and the...

stu, I think what you are trying to explain is that you are adhering to existensialism. The concept of nothingness trancends existence, since you can't find "nothingness" anywhere. In my opinion "nothingness" is part of reality - as a concept and notion that we always carry with us, as well...

Well, we know that Syria and Iran are pretty close in politics, and that Afghanistan and Pakistan have strong cultural ties. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein by the US, the old rivalry is melting and we can see how iranians are sympathetic to the iraqis, as are the syrians. Call it insane if...

ZZZzzzzzzz, yes, and the absolute expressed is the one about "nothingness" - the only concept that comes close to something absolute.

If the US stops exerting force in the region of the Middle East, what incentive would make it rational for Iran to attack the US? It would be completely irrational. Even attacking the US first how things are now in the region is completely irrational. That would bring all of NATO on top of...