More coffee is good. Me too...
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Originally Posted by
Surferbeetle
...I would add Iraq to JMA's list, wonder about your proposal to remove Iran (due to current elections?), and add that the nearby powers (in a geographic sense) are likely to help or hinder depending upon how the day/circumstance (internal & external) plays into their hands...Europe, Russia, China, and the USA's motivations and actions will take more coffee, and perhaps a walk of the dogs...:wry:
We have known knowns, unknown knowns... :D
Some familiarity with the region and its peoples and with the US and its people leads me to not discount the neighbors but to place them in minor impediment rather than deterrent status. Similarly, some time observing the US and its actions in the world as well as those of China and Russia leads me to place them as significant impediments but -- even collectively -- not as total deterrents. Not even, not ever... :cool:
We do what we think we need to do and have always done so. If anything, we are way too prone to act precipitously and / or to over do things, not back off or fail to act.
Of course, it occasionally takes an inordinate amount of time to get ourselves in gear... :D
Why yes it is -- but that's not what I wrote
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JMA
Pointless to justify the poor record of the US on the basis that everyone is equally incompetent, yes?
No justification intended or needed, just correcting another of your errors. :rolleyes:
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Again you really need to read my posts before you shoot from the hip.
You wrote that above. Physician, heal thyself... :D