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I never claimed that we didn't lose in Vietnam, I was just trying to explain/rationalize WHY we lost, as I believe that the underlying reason was siginificantly more complicated than "our troops got killed." The reason that the Vietnam conf... [Read More]
@ luke- I didn't mean to insult your intelligence referring to the Phillipines, I just wanted to point it out as an action that I regard as the most blatantly imperialistic set of policies the US government has carried outside the North American cont... [Read More]
Communism (or any form of government) can't really spread without the consent of the people. We were replacing what the people in Vietnam wanted with that WE wanted them to have. This is imperialistic and fascist in nature. No. We lost Vietnam bec... [Read More]
About Vietnam: The United States lost the Vietnam (yes, lost), mainly because nobody understood why America was fighting in this insignificant (no serious resources) South East Asian country. It was a pure example of American imperialism. In fact,... [Read More]
the United States of America is not the ''free-iest'' country in the world. None is really. Yes, but it used to be, and there are some people in America, such as myself, who would like to see America be the "free-iest" again.... [Read More]
Come on people ... Hugo Chavez is General of the Venezuelan army .... do you actualy think that if theres a war it will last minutes?.... plus let me remind its guerrilla .... now what happened to the U.S.A the last time they fighted vs a guerrilla?.... [Read More]
Saying that a nation is "Partly Free" is kinda like saying that someone is "Partly dead," at least if you're someone who leans libertarian. Besides, I'd say that the Freedom House analysis was done before Chavez nationalized the m... [Read More]
Chaves has the best airplains in America... he has Brasilian airplane technology added with Spanish technology .... he can kick american a** in an air combat ... but by troops he will defenetly lose. I don't think anything produced by the Spaniards... [Read More]
Somehow I think it's unlikely that anyone in the US legislature will support another declaration of war again anytime soon without an extremely good reason. If Chavez wishes to posture, he can. He will look silly when we fail to invade, however - but... [Read More]
I dont think so ... If he enters in war so dose Bolivia,Ecuador and gatemala to help HUgo chavez. ohh and meaby Cuba If he actually decides to declare war on the United States I pity anyone who decides to stand with him. If he did offer a formal dec... [Read More]
If he fights America, he will lose. Period. So who wants to start betting on how long the war will last? I say about 12 hours, ala Grenada.... [Read More]
The thing is, Padawan, your desire for independence has no real bearing - Puerto Rico will remain a territory until we say you're not. Not quite true. Puerto Rico will remain an unicorporated Territory until the Puerto Rican people decide to do else... [Read More]
Puerto Ricans aren't drafted. They are afforded the title of honorary American citizens, at the pleasure of Congress, and many _Volunteer_ for service in the US Armed Forces in order to become full US Citizens. edit: And if the US is such an "I... [Read More]
No offense, but I think Puerto Rico is kinda better off as a US territory. From what I've heard the electorate there has repeatedly voted to remain an unicorporated territory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_rico#Political_history ) several time... [Read More]
I was under the impression that PR has had the issue put on the ballot several times, but has always chosen to stay an unicorporated territory, although I could be mistaken. *waits for someone to mention the CSA*... [Read More]
I wish someone in Congress (or the White House, for that matter) other than Ron Paul would have a look at the Constitution and try to comprehend the concept of Limited Government. Edit: The majority still rules in China, it's just that the Politburo... [Read More]
for a start, we've never heard anything about Zabraks(as Iridorians-the species- are more properly referred to as) eating anyone, or each other on the battlefield. I've also never heard anything about a hatred between Zabraks and Echani.... [Read More]
I believe it could be possible that Iridonians have different minds that are all generally difficult to read. One theory is that the dark side clouds their mind, because whilst conversing with the Mandalorian Mercenary on Manaan in Kotor 1 you find o... [Read More]
I've always thought that schoolchildren should be taught to view problems and situations objectively, teaching them HOW to think, and not WHAT to think. In my opinion reason should be the cornerstone of the education system, and students should be to... [Read More]
It all goes back to the hallowed American tradition of teaching our children WHAT to think, not HOW to think. If you ask me, the entire education system needs to be scrapped and rebuilt from the ground up. Case in point: The US is generally at the he... [Read More]
I'd have to say either the Handmaiden or Visas, personally. Bastila's just too self-righteous, and Mira kinda has that avoiding-your-past thing happening.... [Read More]
The only unbiased news source I have ever seen was Crossfire. In it, 2 Democrats and two Republicans screamed at each other. Hearing two different biased stories allows you to see the world in a better light, combining the two biases together into o... [Read More]
The United States of America was originally founded as a government of laws, and not of men. The idea that anyone should be exempt from punishment simply due to notoriety is something I find morally reprehensible. Likewise, I also think that these pe... [Read More]
Observation: When science does actually manage to disprove a bit of dogma(such as the old belief that God lived above the clouds), dogma just changes in such a way as to make the assertions impossible to prove or disprove with current technology. pa... [Read More]