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BS,Truth or mix?Last edited by Heraclitus; September 28, 2008, 12:11.Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila -
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Yep.
I might point out that Diem was assassinated because he had become a liability. Installed as President of the Republic of Vietnam by the US he attempted to stamp out Buddhism by literally making Buddhist monks illegal. At the time Buddhism was the religion of 95% of the South Vietnamese, but Diem, a Roman Catholic considered the Buddhists to be allies with the communists. Buddhist monks protested by burning themselves in public. Images of saffron-robed monks calmly dousing themselves with gasoline, then sitting on the streets and setting themselves on fire reached the world via TV, and Diem became a liability. Hence the US OK'ed his removal. It should be noted that his successors were, like Diem, Catholic Air Force officers.
I think the majority of weapons used by Hussein's army in 1991 were Soviet made.Last edited by Dr Strangelove; September 28, 2008, 12:21."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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Mostly true but there are some big exagerations like "Iraq invades Kuwait with American weapons. 90% plus of the Iraqi military weapons were Soviet. It's also very one sided not explaining what the Vietcong were doing, etc...
If you want to learn history then get a real history book because youtube is not the place to learn.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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No sh1t Sherlock!Originally posted by Oerdin
If you want to learn history then get a real history book because youtube is not the place to learn.
The comments on you tube have convinced me that 80% of all humans should be killed for the benefit of the gene pool.
I just wanted to see If I could troll anyone....
and perhaps laugh at someone who thinks the USAians are good guys by default (though they definitely where in WW2):
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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Better than the majority.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Most of it is true, but lack context, like in the Diem case (USA only didn't do anything to stop the coup), or Chile (Allende was responsible for grand crisis in Chile, broke his promesses to other parties in his path to install socialism, the parliament called for his ousting, and USA only helped it, with de facto good results for Chile."I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
Middle East!Comment
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Re: Usa?
The end also shows that Bush was behind 9/11.BlahComment
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Yes, that's probably why Allende wanted to carry out a plebiscite on his politics which could not happen due to a bloody coup d'etat that led to the massacre of thousands of his supporters.Originally posted by Heresson
Most of it is true, but lack context, like in the Diem case (USA only didn't do anything to stop the coup), or Chile (Allende was responsible for grand crisis in Chile, broke his promesses to other parties in his path to install socialism, the parliament called for his ousting, and USA only helped it, with de facto good results for Chile.
What a good trade: Replace the souvereignty of the people by mass murder and more than a decade long dictatorship."The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
"Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.Comment
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and economic growth instead of constant crisis."I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
Middle East!Comment
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So you would have no problem with Russian's backinga coup d'etat in Poland, should it result in good economic growth?Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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Are you sure?Originally posted by SlowwHand
Better than the majority.
I'm willing to bet that at least 50% of countries have a better record.
Having said that I do realize that most of these countries are either minor powers (lire Ireland) or are very young (like African countries).Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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You are way off my friend. There's a reason why Balthazar Barzon wanted to have Pinochet convicted before court.Originally posted by Heresson
Most of it is true, but lack context, like in the Diem case (USA only didn't do anything to stop the coup), or Chile (Allende was responsible for grand crisis in Chile, broke his promesses to other parties in his path to install socialism, the parliament called for his ousting, and USA only helped it, with de facto good results for Chile.
A few bad decisions by his government caused economical decline, but let's not forget the decrease of the copper price (which abounds in Chile) contributed to that as well.
And besides a few bad decisions don't warrant a coup or the death and torture of thousands if civilians. If it were, Bush, Putin and just about any world leader would've been executed by now.
In short: your logic is awfully scary."An archaeologist is the best husband a women can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie
"Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis." - SenecaComment
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Do you know many African countries with a good record? 50% is run by dictators who are mostly oppressive at one point or another, 40% by presidents that rigged the elections and the remaining 10% are countries that are outright anarchistic like Somalia.Originally posted by Heraclitus
Are you sure?
I'm willing to bet that at least 50% of countries have a better record.
Having said that I do realize that most of these countries are either minor powers (lire Ireland) or are very young (like African countries)."An archaeologist is the best husband a women can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie
"Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis." - SenecaComment
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Right, replace African with European.Originally posted by Traianvs
Do you know many African countries with a good record? 50% is run by dictators who are mostly oppressive at one point or another, 40% by presidents that rigged the elections and the remaining 10% are countries that are outright anarchistic like Somalia.Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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