We still won't be using flying cars (or jetpacks) to get to work as Tomorrows World promised us oh so many years ago
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Originally posted by thelace View PostWe still won't be using flying cars (or jetpacks) to get to work as Tomorrows World promised us oh so many years ago
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View PostThe real fun is predicting where the next war to meet the US "defence" industry's insatiable demands will be...assuming it isn't Iran.
I'm going for Syria.
Sorry to dissapoint but the WhiteHouse has now officaly dropped the Term War on Terror.
Just think of what would happen to the Middle East and Israel if Syria was attacked - no I think the Us has enough on their plates - they cannot afford to fund the current conflicts let alone lighting more fires.
Thank God we are clear of the shoot first and questions later - Bush administration.Comment
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View PostSorry to dissapoint but the WhiteHouse has now officaly dropped the Term War on Terror.
Just think of what would happen to the Middle East and Israel if Syria was attacked - no I think the Us has enough on their plates - they cannot afford to fund the current conflicts let alone lighting more fires.
Thank God we are clear of the shoot first and questions later - Bush administration.
It hasn't changed over the last 50 years...I don't see why it will change in the future.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View PostYou and Sas are underestimating the power that the US defence industry has over US politics. Look back over what has happened over the last 50 years...and compare it to the health of their defence industry. Every time they've needed an increase in sales, strangely enough a war has started somewhere - usually at the behest of the US.
It hasn't changed over the last 50 years...I don't see why it will change in the future.'elf and safety guruComment
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Originally posted by thelace View PostThey may have to invade Grenada again? Their last truly great victory?Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View PostYou and Sas are underestimating the power that the US defence industry has over US politics. Look back over what has happened over the last 50 years...and compare it to the health of their defence industry. Every time they've needed an increase in sales, strangely enough a war has started somewhere - usually at the behest of the US.
It hasn't changed over the last 50 years...I don't see why it will change in the future.
Eisenhower warns of the Military-Industrial Complex.Comment
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View PostYou and Sas are underestimating the power that the US defence industry has over US politics. Look back over what has happened over the last 50 years...and compare it to the health of their defence industry. Every time they've needed an increase in sales, strangely enough a war has started somewhere - usually at the behest of the US.
It hasn't changed over the last 50 years...I don't see why it will change in the future.
I may well be mistaken but off the top of my head every war in which the US has been the aggressor has started with a Republican in the Whitehouse."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostNot till we get another Republican President.
I may well be mistaken but off the top of my head every war in which the US has been the aggressor has started with a Republican in the Whitehouse.
Korea?Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostNot till we get another Republican President.
I may well be mistaken but off the top of my head every war in which the US has been the aggressor has started with a Republican in the Whitehouse.
So I stand by my prediction...once they are out of Iraq and start pulling out of Afghanistan, something else will "happen".Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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