ZombieVampire!
The Gecko
+69|6250
In Korea you were invited by a stable government, who then agreed you should leave forces behind.

In Iraq you aggressively invaded, and the government you're making deals with only exists because of your military.
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6833|'Murka

ZombieVampire! wrote:

In Korea you were invited by a stable government, who then agreed you should leave forces behind.
Wasn't Korea a UN action?

ZombieVampire! wrote:

In Iraq you aggressively invaded, and the government you're making deals with only exists because of your military.
76.4% of the Iraqi people might just think they had something to do with it.
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ZombieVampire!
The Gecko
+69|6250

FEOS wrote:

ZombieVampire! wrote:

In Korea you were invited by a stable government, who then agreed you should leave forces behind.
Wasn't Korea a UN action?
There you go, there's another difference.

FEOS wrote:

ZombieVampire! wrote:

In Iraq you aggressively invaded, and the government you're making deals with only exists because of your military.
76.4% of the Iraqi people might just think they had something to do with it.
They might.  But the fact is without your military support they would have collapsed.
theelviscerator
Member
+19|6711
As long as Cameron pays out the yang for gas ..who cares..
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6978

theelviscerator wrote:

As long as Cameron pays out the yang for gas ..who cares..
No car ftw! Suck it up losers!
Pug
UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate
+652|6964|Texas - Bigger than France

ZombieVampire! wrote:

They might.  But the fact is without your military support they would have collapsed.
Which might play a part in wanting them to stay.
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6978
Update on the US-Iraq pact from none other than Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki himself:

"We have reached a deadlock, because when we started the talks, we found that the U.S. demands hugely infringe on the sovereignty of Iraq, and this we can never accept."

Source: Reuters

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL338415.htm

Doesn't sound much like imperialism to me.....pffffft

Last edited by CameronPoe (2008-06-13 09:27:26)

Lotta_Drool
Spit
+350|6606|Ireland
It is almost like they lost a war with the US.
Braddock
Agitator
+916|6713|Éire

Lotta_Drool wrote:

It is almost like they lost a war with the US.
I thought you were 'liberating' the Iraqi people, not going to war and conquering them?
Lotta_Drool
Spit
+350|6606|Ireland

Braddock wrote:

Lotta_Drool wrote:

It is almost like they lost a war with the US.
I thought you were 'liberating' the Iraqi people, not going to war and conquering them?
No, we went to war with Iraq and defeated them with the removal of their leader and destruction of their military.  You might have missed it because it only took a few hours.

After we defeated Iraq we started a rebuilding process in much the same way we did in Europe and Japan after WWII.  This involved providing security, supplies, provisional government, and rebuilding the infrastructure of the country.  This part takes years and years to complete and appearently Billions of dollars because this oil rich nation is just too damn impoverished to pay for it themselves.  Soon we will be satified that Iraq is no longer a threat to the US, its neighbors, and can provide its own security and then the US will cut all power it holds over the Iraqi government the same way it did in Japan and Germany.

So while it is fun to distort reality and bash on the US with lies, it is quite transparent to everyone reading these threads who is just a hate America troll looking to get attention.  This is why these people don't get serious responses to threads they start about real issues.
m3thod
All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz
+2,197|7094|UK

Lotta_Drool wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Lotta_Drool wrote:

It is almost like they lost a war with the US.
I thought you were 'liberating' the Iraqi people, not going to war and conquering them?
No, we went to war with Iraq and defeated them with the removal of their leader and destruction of their military.  You might have missed it because it only took a few hours.

After we defeated Iraq we started a rebuilding process in much the same way we did in Europe and Japan after WWII.  This involved providing security, supplies, provisional government, and rebuilding the infrastructure of the country.  This part takes years and years to complete and appearently Billions of dollars because this oil rich nation is just too damn impoverished to pay for it themselves.  Soon we will be satified that Iraq is no longer a threat to the US, its neighbors, and can provide its own security and then the US will cut all power it holds over the Iraqi government the same way it did in Japan and Germany.

So while it is fun to distort reality and bash on the US with lies, it is quite transparent to everyone reading these threads who is just a hate America troll looking to get attention.  This is why these people don't get serious responses to threads they start about real issues.
Only neo cons and 1 geordie believe that jackanory.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
Lotta_Drool
Spit
+350|6606|Ireland
Hey, I just repeat what the government tells me to believe.
M.O.A.B
'Light 'em up!'
+1,220|6645|Escea

m3thod wrote:

Lotta_Drool wrote:

Braddock wrote:


I thought you were 'liberating' the Iraqi people, not going to war and conquering them?
No, we went to war with Iraq and defeated them with the removal of their leader and destruction of their military.  You might have missed it because it only took a few hours.

After we defeated Iraq we started a rebuilding process in much the same way we did in Europe and Japan after WWII.  This involved providing security, supplies, provisional government, and rebuilding the infrastructure of the country.  This part takes years and years to complete and appearently Billions of dollars because this oil rich nation is just too damn impoverished to pay for it themselves.  Soon we will be satified that Iraq is no longer a threat to the US, its neighbors, and can provide its own security and then the US will cut all power it holds over the Iraqi government the same way it did in Japan and Germany.

So while it is fun to distort reality and bash on the US with lies, it is quite transparent to everyone reading these threads who is just a hate America troll looking to get attention.  This is why these people don't get serious responses to threads they start about real issues.
Only neo cons and 1 geordie believe that jackanory.
Yay mentioned!
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6833|'Murka

CameronPoe wrote:

Update on the US-Iraq pact from none other than Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki himself:

"We have reached a deadlock, because when we started the talks, we found that the U.S. demands hugely infringe on the sovereignty of Iraq, and this we can never accept."

Source: Reuters

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL338415.htm

Doesn't sound much like imperialism to me.....pffffft
hmmm...if it were imperialism, wouldn't we keep him from saying that and force the agreement upon the Iraqis?

Sounds remarkably like a sovereign government making its own decisions...which is like imperialism in that it's the opposite of it.
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― Albert Einstein

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m3thod
All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz
+2,197|7094|UK

M.O.A.B wrote:

m3thod wrote:

Lotta_Drool wrote:


No, we went to war with Iraq and defeated them with the removal of their leader and destruction of their military.  You might have missed it because it only took a few hours.

After we defeated Iraq we started a rebuilding process in much the same way we did in Europe and Japan after WWII.  This involved providing security, supplies, provisional government, and rebuilding the infrastructure of the country.  This part takes years and years to complete and appearently Billions of dollars because this oil rich nation is just too damn impoverished to pay for it themselves.  Soon we will be satified that Iraq is no longer a threat to the US, its neighbors, and can provide its own security and then the US will cut all power it holds over the Iraqi government the same way it did in Japan and Germany.

So while it is fun to distort reality and bash on the US with lies, it is quite transparent to everyone reading these threads who is just a hate America troll looking to get attention.  This is why these people don't get serious responses to threads they start about real issues.
Only neo cons and 1 geordie believe that jackanory.
Yay mentioned!
Rejoicing at the notion of being infered to as gullible? You go girl!
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|7023|132 and Bush

CameronPoe wrote:

Update on the US-Iraq pact from none other than Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki himself:

"We have reached a deadlock, because when we started the talks, we found that the U.S. demands hugely infringe on the sovereignty of Iraq, and this we can never accept."

Source: Reuters

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL338415.htm

Doesn't sound much like imperialism to me.....pffffft
Al-Maliki is a puppet though. What da problem yo?
Xbone Stormsurgezz
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6978

FEOS wrote:

hmmm...if it were imperialism, wouldn't we keep him from saying that and force the agreement upon the Iraqis?

Sounds remarkably like a sovereign government making its own decisions...which is like imperialism in that it's the opposite of it.
Yes, making demands on a country that 'hugely infringe on the sovereignty' of that nation doesn't smack of imperialism at all.... (a country in which over 150,000 of your troops are stationed...)

Last edited by CameronPoe (2008-06-14 10:59:20)

FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6833|'Murka

CameronPoe wrote:

FEOS wrote:

hmmm...if it were imperialism, wouldn't we keep him from saying that and force the agreement upon the Iraqis?

Sounds remarkably like a sovereign government making its own decisions...which is like imperialism in that it's the opposite of it.
Yes, making demands on a country that 'hugely infringe on the sovereignty' of that nation doesn't smack of imperialism at all.... (a country in which over 150,000 of your troops are stationed...)
Not if the one making that claim stays in power.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
Lotta_Drool
Spit
+350|6606|Ireland

CameronPoe wrote:

FEOS wrote:

hmmm...if it were imperialism, wouldn't we keep him from saying that and force the agreement upon the Iraqis?

Sounds remarkably like a sovereign government making its own decisions...which is like imperialism in that it's the opposite of it.
Yes, making demands on a country that 'hugely infringe on the sovereignty' of that nation doesn't smack of imperialism at all.... (a country in which over 150,000 of your troops are stationed...)
Is it your Irish heritage that makes you unable to comphrehend the fact that the US defeated this country in a war?  You infringe on sovereignty when you invade a country and defeat its military, hello! 

You're just jealous becasue Ireland has never invaded a country, rebuilt it, and installed a puppet government.
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6978

Lotta_Drool wrote:

Is it your Irish heritage that makes you unable to comphrehend the fact that the US defeated this country in a war?  You infringe on sovereignty when you invade a country and defeat its military, hello! 

You're just jealous becasue Ireland has never invaded a country, rebuilt it, and installed a puppet government.
lol
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6978

FEOS wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

FEOS wrote:

hmmm...if it were imperialism, wouldn't we keep him from saying that and force the agreement upon the Iraqis?

Sounds remarkably like a sovereign government making its own decisions...which is like imperialism in that it's the opposite of it.
Yes, making demands on a country that 'hugely infringe on the sovereignty' of that nation doesn't smack of imperialism at all.... (a country in which over 150,000 of your troops are stationed...)
Not if the one making that claim stays in power.
Sorry FEOS but wanting control of another nations airspace and waters is imperialistic. Period.
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6833|'Murka

CameronPoe wrote:

FEOS wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:


Yes, making demands on a country that 'hugely infringe on the sovereignty' of that nation doesn't smack of imperialism at all.... (a country in which over 150,000 of your troops are stationed...)
Not if the one making that claim stays in power.
Sorry FEOS but wanting control of another nations airspace and waters is imperialistic. Period.
No, exerting control of another nation's airspace and waters is imperialistic. Wanting is irrelevant.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6978

FEOS wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Not if the one making that claim stays in power.
Sorry FEOS but wanting control of another nations airspace and waters is imperialistic. Period.
No, exerting control of another nation's airspace and waters is imperialistic. Wanting is irrelevant.
So Hitler wasn't imperialistic before 1939...

"the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas; broadly : the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence"

Last edited by CameronPoe (2008-06-14 13:18:53)

JahManRed
wank
+646|7050|IRELAND

Lotta_Drool wrote:

You're just jealous becasue Ireland has never invaded a country, rebuilt it, and installed a puppet government.
Long way to go before its rebuilt. Its being blown apart every day. New wave of fighters on the front line after a short rest period in jail, heroin output trebled, coalition troops being killed every day...........Puppet government voicing their concerns and throwing the dummy out of the pram. Long, long way to go.
Ireland is happy knowing she keeps herself to herself and doesn't appoint herself the worlds police man invading countries for oil thank you very much. Probably why the economy is going from strength to strength instead of down the toilet as taxes and homeland infrastructure money is set alight in a far off country.
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6833|'Murka

CameronPoe wrote:

FEOS wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:


Sorry FEOS but wanting control of another nations airspace and waters is imperialistic. Period.
No, exerting control of another nation's airspace and waters is imperialistic. Wanting is irrelevant.
So Hitler wasn't imperialistic before 1939...

"the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas; broadly : the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence"
So if you want a given country to behave in a given way, then you're imperialistic? I guess every country in the world that has relations with any other country in the world is imperialistic then.
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