RE: U.S. States without the i's.
October 30, 2010 at 7:59 pm
(This post was last modified: October 30, 2010 at 8:00 pm by Ace Otana.)
Quote:Oh, that happened once. Then someone else came in and slaughtered them both, and took their land.I'm sure you've heard of "Divide and conquer"? Me and my dad had a little chat over where it came from. He thinks it came from the Romans and I agree, but the British have also used it. It pretty much means having two of your enemies fight each other, and you being the cause of it. Once both have weakened each other, you step in and wipe them both out. Easily too, since they spent most of their resources taking on each other. Romans used this tac and so did the Brits. The problem with going to war, is that it makes you weaker.
Quote:There are few things in this world scarier than someone with nothing to lose who hates youLike terrorists? They fear nothing, they (from their point of view) have nothing to lose, and all to gain. They scare me more than any other. I would fear an enemy more who fears nothing and has nothing to lose than an enemy who bares fear and has much to lose. One is capable of anything, the other has limits.
Quote:This is true... and America's days as a notable power could soon be over.It's only a matter of time. Which is why it's important to have many friends. Because one day you won't have power and you'll be needing your friends more than ever when that day comes.
Quote:This is true. The approach is what I primarily criticize about all of america's recent wars... we went in to play the hero... and gained next to nothing from it.I think you lost more than you gained. Wars are expensive, and having bodies of the fallen come back tells me that it was a bad idea. Need to focus on home security, not over seas wars.
Quote:The stupidity in this move really hurts America's possibility of being great.I think the U.S lost it's greatness a while ago. I can say the same for Britain too. Our glorious Empire is gone, and soon your place in world power will disappear too. Shame, but it's reality.
Quote:This is the truth. I could scarcely understand why they haven't invaded weaker neighbors yet... but they would have the combined might of the UN on their backs in this case, I think. America goes down... and the only other countries that can stand on the same pedestal as China are Russia and India. Other contenders exist of course... but they fall short of the power controlled by these giants.Countries, no matter how big cannot go into a major war anymore. M.A.D (Mutually Assured Destruction) is what prevents any large nation (or nations allied to a nuclear nation) to go into a major war, or risk sending the entire human race back to the stone age...or worse, oblivion. This is why I'm in favour of nukes, not because I like war but because it prevents them. Think how many wars there would of been if there were no nukes to worry about?
Quote:It would be a bad conflict in the eyes of both China and the US to compete militarily... it would weaken them pointlessly.Not weaken. Both sides would be sent into oblivion, along with the rest of the world. China isn't dumb enough to try anything. Unlike extremists, they have some common sense (thankfully).
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.