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  • Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
    Did I not just say they are far more heterogeneous than Arabs?!
    They actually aren't. Many Arab countries (especially true for the Arab peninsula) have some social tension stemming from a poor class of slave descended Blacks.
    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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    • Originally posted by C0ckney View Post
      this would be the resolution condemning israel's continued illegal settlement building in the west bank. this resolution was supported by 14 out of 15 security council members and co-sponsored by 130 nations. luckily the plucky americans were able to save poor little israel from censure. way to go obama! spencer's language tells you all you need to know about his views on the matter.

      and yes as we all know that lebanon = hizbollah and the muslim brotherhood = hamas. it's a good thing we have the american right to educate us on these matters.
      As expected, just another knee-jerk response. Come back when you actually have some (any) facts with respect to my opinions on these issues rather than using your faulty psychic powers to generate assumptions.
      We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
      If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
      Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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      • Originally posted by Heraclitus View Post
        So you are saying that we will see one Arab state conquer a series of others under the banner of panArab nationalism in the near future? Didn't someone try that at one point.
        It may be unlikely or even impossible from a military standpoint to create a new caliphate (comparable to those that existed historically) but if the various countries become independent Islamic theocracies comparable to that in Iran then it's not impossible to envision some type of (at least) loose alignment of states with more unified goals than exist today.
        We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
        If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
        Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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        • Originally posted by SpencerH View Post
          It may be unlikely or even impossible from a military standpoint to create a new caliphate (comparable to those that existed historically) but if the various countries become independent Islamic theocracies comparable to that in Iran then it's not impossible to envision some type of (at least) loose alignment of states with more unified goals than exist today.
          Could you please be a bit less absolute in your statements?
          "post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
          "I don't like laws all over the world. Doesn't mean I am going to do anything but post about it."Jon Miller

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          • Originally posted by germanos View Post
            Could you please be a bit less absolute in your statements?
            I'm not sure. Could you define what you mean?
            We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
            If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
            Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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            • I think he was making a joke about the vagueness of your statements and excessive qualifications... may be unlikely... if... not impossible... some type... at least...
              "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
              "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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              • Albie - Relating to your earlier discussion with BlackCat. I found this while reading the morning papers.

                "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                • Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
                  I think he was making a joke about the vagueness of your statements and excessive qualifications... may be unlikely... if... not impossible... some type... at least...
                  He got that Albert . But thanks anyway.
                  "post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
                  "I don't like laws all over the world. Doesn't mean I am going to do anything but post about it."Jon Miller

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                  • Oh I see. it was a funny response not an actual question.
                    "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                    "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                    • I'm a scientist, qualification and vagueness is trained into us.

                      In this case, qualifiying my comment seemed appropriate since I was attempting to predict the future of the middle east, a notoriously hard thing to do.
                      Last edited by SpencerH; February 22, 2011, 13:03.
                      We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
                      If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
                      Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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                      • The future of the middle east is easy to predict: WAR!
                        “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
                        "Capitalism ho!"

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                        • A statement that is both absolute and vague.
                          We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
                          If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
                          Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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                          • Originally posted by SpencerH View Post
                            As expected, just another knee-jerk response. Come back when you actually have some (any) facts with respect to my opinions on these issues rather than using your faulty psychic powers to generate assumptions.
                            what the hell are you blathering about.

                            what facts have you provided? oh that lebanon = hizbollah, yeah thanks for that one, genius.

                            you're the one who started by assuming what MY opinions are on israeli and then you post that. honestly are you having a competition with DD to see who be the most ignorant cu*t in this thread?
                            "The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.

                            "The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de Botton

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                            • I think it's time to thank Bush for bringing democracy to the Middle east.
                              It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                              RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                              • If he did, it's still crated in a warehouse somewhere.
                                "post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
                                "I don't like laws all over the world. Doesn't mean I am going to do anything but post about it."Jon Miller

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