onthebottom said:Perhaps dyslexia is at fault here, perhaps Judas H meant DOG - that I'd agree with.
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America was such a better place when Clinton was President.
Clinton is a GOD!!!
onthebottom said:Perhaps dyslexia is at fault here, perhaps Judas H meant DOG - that I'd agree with.
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I'll take up your challenge.Cinema Face said:Anyone who thinks that the US was better under Clinton than Bush has a short memory.
kirmit129 said:Notice when the Republicans are in power, the U.S. creates more shit in the world. When the Democrats are in power, the U.S. creates less shit in the world. Of course, power goes to the elites of society. People who think true democracy exists are just plain naive.
DonQuixote said:A quick reply. Germany declared war on the US the day after
Peril Harbor. Italy did likewise. We were attacked and challenged.
Rightly or wrongly, they attacked us.
As to Truman, very tough call. The Japanese weren't about
to surrender. Truman played the trump card.
Bottom line, don't piss US off. All hell breaks out.
Rightly or wrongly, don't piss US off.
Everything you wrote is bogus and you know it. But my favourite one was:Cinema Face said:Usually I don’t bother commenting on historically challenged posts such as this, but this time I just can’t resist. Here’s a brief history lesson of democrats vs. republicans over the last 50 or so years:
I though Paula could have been a good fuck with the hair doo and body. But, definately, Flowers could hump better and was experienced. Paula still needed some training, which is why she cried foul with the GOP-communists help.....and no one in the Republican camp knew how to have sex anyway, except for an occasional spank on the rear, panties down, of course.baltimoron said:Except for Gennifer Flowers, I don't understand his taste in women.
Using this very simple logic, I would assume the Korean conflict was not just?DonQuixote said:There are just wars and then there are unjust wars.
That's the ultimate difference. You declare war on me,
I respond in kind. It's a moral and ethical issue. You
try to defeat me, I bring you to your knees begging
for mercy.
The Hun is either at your throat or at your knees:
Churchill. Germany is very anti-war to this day because
of their lessons learned. Too bad the US didn't learn
from Germany's lessons.
All commitments to war must be on just, legal reasons.
Not because you want to hit someone but because you were hit.
Defeat your opponent, not innocents in the region. Example: Iraq.
They never declared war on the US. They never threatened US.
Might as well throw in the overthrow of the Taliban and the Civil War.onthebottom said:Using this very simple logic, I would assume the Korean conflict was not just?
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Try reading history, idiot, instead of having an uninformed opinion.Cinema Face said:I'm not sure who made the 1st declaration but I'm sure it was the US that did the 1st military action against Germany and Italy.
No, it was your simplistic logic, so go ahead and apply it to the Korean confilict and give us your verdict......DonQuixote said:That's your simple logic, go with it!
Clinton communicated through his feeble responses to RIFT acts in the nineties, that if you attack and kill Americans, the American government will not respond with any forceful military demonstration.Cinema Face said:I make a compelling case that history shows dems are more warlike than reps and the dems are worse at it. Clinton is one in particular that lead the US on some pointless losses of life. Most of the Clinton lovers conveniently have short memory
All the lefties can do is nitpick and argue who was the first to declare war, Germany, Italy, Japan or the US. And of course, insult. Thanx TOV. You never disappoint trying to pass off insults as intelligent banter.
I rest my case![]()
Amazing how they found someone weaker than Clinton. It's amazing how they found someone like Bush that would help them in their cause.rogerstaubach said:Apparently AQ believed Bush was as weak as Clinton.
First I have to say thankyou for answering a direct question with a thoughtful and direct answer.DonQuixote said:That's a tough one. There were political mistakes that contributed
to the N. Korean-Chinese issues. I don't think too many in DC
thought China under the control of Mao in 1949 would get involved.
But, they did. East Asia has always been a murky swamp for
the US. Even moreso, back then. Was it MacArthur that made
the error in judgment when he went North? Prior to his misguided
campaign we had only 11,000 losses and were in control of half
the country. We unsuccessfully moved forward and lost another
40,000. Not good military strategy.
Was it a war that had to be fought! I vote yes. It resulted in the
Truman Doctrine - we will oppose Communism wherever,
whenever. At the end of the day the Truman Doctrine that was
the result of George F. Keenan's theory that Communism would
implode if given the chance would succeed. It did succeed. They
imploded.
Did it result in unnecessary and costly battles? Yes.
Were those losses a cost=benefit to US? Yes.
Could we have done a better job? Yes. Were our
efforts worth the price. Yes.
Korea has to be a toughter decision than 'Nam. As it turns out,
it was a good decision.
Don
It’s just a little more complicated than that isn’t it.DonQuixote said:There are just wars and then there are unjust wars.
That's the ultimate difference. You declare war on me,
I respond in kind. It's a moral and ethical issue. You
try to defeat me, I bring you to your knees begging
for mercy.
The Hun is either at your throat or at your knees:
Churchill. Germany is very anti-war to this day because
of their lessons learned. Too bad the US didn't learn
from Germany's lessons.
All commitments to war must be on just, legal reasons.
Not because you want to hit someone but because you were hit.
Defeat your opponent, not innocents in the region. Example: Iraq.
They never declared war on the US. They never threatened US.
Good shot OTB. Mr. Moral Equivilancy takes a shot to the gut.onthebottom said:First I have to say thankyou for answering a direct question with a thoughtful and direct answer.
But I have to say it fails your simple test of:
It’s just a little more complicated than that isn’t it.
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Let's not TOV ourselves, DQ put someting out there to discuss, let's discuss it.rogerstaubach said:Good shoot OTB. Mr. Moral Equivilancy takes a shot to the gut.