From: John Larkin on
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:44:56 +0100, "T Wake"
<usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:


>At the rate America is going there will be precious few Allies.

Until they need us again.

John


From: T Wake on

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:21:31 +0100, Eeyore
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Its interesting that the other "non wins" you mention are from almost
>>> >200
>>> >years ago. We have lost more recent wars as well. We can compare this
>>> >to
>>> >Vietnam, I suppose.
>>>
>>> Which was a French mess and a continuation of WWII.
>>
>>It had ZILCH to do with WW2.
>>
>>Graham
>
> How could *anything* that happened after WWII have zilch to do with
> WWII?

Arguing against a semantic mistake with another semantic mistake is not a
good idea.

Are you saying the US Invasion of Afghanistan was due to WWII?


From: T Wake on

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:44:56 +0100, "T Wake"
> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
>
>>At the rate America is going there will be precious few Allies.
>
> Until they need us again.

Probably. Such is the nature of global politics. Even the US is not immune
from this.


From: lucasea on

"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
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>
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:42:44 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us:
>
>>Brainless sycophant.
>
> Funny that every time I agree with someone, you revert to this most
> silly troll.

Not a troll, a flame. Get it right.

Sycophants simply blindly agree with what somebody says, and contribute
nothing of value to the discussion. Think about it.

Eric Lucas


From: lucasea on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <45306AD8.B490EBFB(a)hotmail.com>,
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>The rest of the world loathes the USA. They didn't used to.
>
> This is wrong.

Yes, it absolutely *is* wrong for the rest of the world to hate the USA. We
do a lot of good for the world. We really should stop behaving in such a
way that makes other countries forget the good that we do.


>> You've had to work hard to
>>get to that position.
>
> Why do you think that the first goal of the US is to be liked by everyone?

That's a strawman. Our goal should be not to be hated by everyone. Do you
even understand the difference in your black-and-white worldview?

It's called diplomacy, and we used to be reasonably good at it--getting what
we want, while at the same time maintaining enough respect in other
countries that we don't foment terrorism.

Eric Lucas