Originally posted by: halik
the casuality report was from reuters and its been posted here too some time ago.
The most dangerous rogue state in the world.
Originally posted by: Mangos
"By means of background support ('logistical patronage') the Americans were very closely involved in secret supplies of arms to the Croats and Bosnian Muslims (which were illicit in the light of the arms embargo in force at the time). These supplies took the form of covert operations conducted through third party countries such as Iran and Turkey: the so-called `Croatian Pipeline' and the 'Black Flights' to Tuzla. These apparent double standards on the part of the United States can be explained in terms of the complex international relationships in place at the time. Following the Gulf War, the Arab world expected the Americans to support the Muslims. At the same time, the US did not wish to be seen to be in open conflict with European states over the Balkan situation. There were also various background considerations, such as internal political relationships. Both Congress and the media urged the government to support the Muslims."
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Yugoslavia vs. United States
Originally posted by: jjsole
Our foreign policies have sucked for years and its just getting clearer and clearer that we use our wealth and military power to achieve our own self-interests without much regard to other nations or other peoples' interests, particularly when they aren't parallel to ours.
Originally posted by: Mangos
Hiroshima? Nagasaki?
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Originally posted by: Mangos
Charrison,
Just like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia...we were fighting Iraq just to be the "police of the world."
Our soldiers faught to save lives, it had NOTHING to do with our oil interests! Ha...riiigghht.
The U.S. usually gets something out of it's "peacekeeping" missions.
I wish the rest of the world could (or would) take care of its own problems. But as we've seen time and again, they will do nothing. The Africans were incapable of stopping a genocide in Rwanda. The Europeans were unwilling to stop a genocide in the Yugloslav civil war and in Kosovo. China and the Arabs kinda like genocide, and Latin America is perfectly happy letting us be the big brother of the Western Hemisphere. That leaves us as the only people who give a damn about anyone else and who are willing to do more than piss and moan about it. If the Serbs killed every Albanian in Kosovo, Europe would do nothing. If the Arabs killed every Jew in Israel, all the Arabs would cheer and Europe would do nothing. If China invaded Taiwan, Europe would sigh with relief that another problem had been resolved and would silently go about its business. We are the first, last, and only hope for so many of these people. One can be sad or proud of this, or both, but it is the way the world is.Originally posted by: charrison GUess what, every country always acts in the their best interest first. This is nothing new or surprising.
We should worry when our foreign policy agrivates other countries, but the converse is also true. They should worry when their foreign policys agrivates us.
Quite frankly most people i talk are tired of us being the police force of the world. We would much rather have our troops home and not cleaning up other peoples problems on the other side of the world.
Try the "quote" button or otherwise referencing what you're responding to so people have an idea what you're talking about.Originally posted by: chutiya
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Yes.Originally posted by: chutiya
Originally posted by: Scipionix
Try the "quote" button or otherwise referencing what you're responding to so people have an idea what you're talking about.Originally posted by: chutiya
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US means "us "
humans !
want me to elaborate ?
You're a vulgar n00b, aren't you.Originally posted by: chutiya
then wait buddy !
good things take time to cum
Originally posted by: halik
heres the firstresult form google feelin lucky?
As I recall they got their numbers from surveying newspaper articles and did a lot of things like counting the death tolls from different stories on the same incident as sepatate deaths. Even without multiple counting, they didn't verify anything. Where was that story about the villagers who claimed that bombers killed a bunch of people but when the reporters went there there were no graves, no mourners, no wounded, and not a single damaged structure?Originally posted by: Lucky Let me be the first (and Im sure, not the last) to tell you that both of those are incorrect. The new hampshire figures (both of those use their numbers) were found to be flawed and the total is no where near that.
Originally posted by: Scipionix
As I recall they got their numbers from surveying newspaper articles and did a lot of things like counting the death tolls from different stories on the same incident as sepatate deaths. Even without multiple counting, they didn't verify anything. Where was that story about the villagers who claimed that bombers killed a bunch of people but when the reporters went there there were no graves, no mourners, no wounded, and not a single damaged structure?Originally posted by: Lucky Let me be the first (and Im sure, not the last) to tell you that both of those are incorrect. The new hampshire figures (both of those use their numbers) were found to be flawed and the total is no where near that.