From: John Larkin on 14 Oct 2006 11:30 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 14 Oct 2006 11:46 "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message news:cg02j2p7s1csnaocvu26f8grj1qh6d75i8(a)4ax.com... > 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 14 Oct 2006 11:47 "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message news:ii02j293k3ke72cdm5rf8btbhr6qsua2hc(a)4ax.com... > 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 14 Oct 2006 13:05 "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message news:poj0j25epgvc76airn680d7kubk6acs3c7(a)4ax.com... > > 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 14 Oct 2006 13:08
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:egqcsa$8qk_001(a)s961.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > 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 |