Well of course you do.
This is off thread, petty sniping with no substance and idle back and forth between two old, overweening egos with too little to do. I may be bored but I'm not that bored...
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Well of course you do.
This is off thread, petty sniping with no substance and idle back and forth between two old, overweening egos with too little to do. I may be bored but I'm not that bored...
Better is a constitutional and legal design that precludes military action without strong, better than simple majority Legislative assent. The US Constitution laid the groundwork for that but over...
Egos... :(
"WE won't make those mistake..." they say as they go blindly forward. :mad:
And then they go ahead and perpetrate the same foolish errors
You made the accusation, not I.:rolleyes:Certainly I appreciate both those factors. I would not have written what I did had I not. What you do not seem to 'appreciate' is that approach gives you...
bluebloodNow that takes "biased source" to a new high -- or new low. :DThat may be what I said or implied but I certainly believe 'least bad' might be far more appopriate...
JMA:This from the...
Portugal -- among others -- also had a much larger Empire. The US with a few Pacific Islands, The Philippines for a bit and Puerto Rico in an ambiguous status do not constitute an empire in any...
Not really, most of us knew most of our failings before you or he learned of them. We probably also know of a few neither of you might think of. ;)I doubt he will be so accused. He may not...
Sadly true, that...Hopefully they'll pay some attention. They tend to self fulfilling prophesizing and a lot of group think.
I think you may have your figures reversed. The US is probably responsible for millions of dead over the years, some reasonable and adjudged legitimate and necessary, others not. The number...
You are, however, quite welcome to come to erroneous conclusions based on your perceptions of what I might think. We are a beacon of democracy -- just a tarnished and imperfect model. ;)
With...
Don't care and are not concerned with a great deal of change. There are those in the US who do have concerns on that score and hope for change, mostly in academe or journalism. They do not reflect...
I guess.
A large powerful nation acting in its own interest -- how novel is that? :rolleyes:
Kaisers and Moghuls, Rajahs and Chancellors understood the premise.