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Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo
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Agree with your above post and this one except for the last part. We are most definitely in denouement here. We hold all the cards right now. Last gasps of some rogue IRGC fellas that are pizzed their cheese was moved. They will soon be irrelevant. I firmly believe we are on the cusp of something brilliant happening in Iran. Can you imagine, in our lifetime Fangs, an Iran not ruled by mullahs buttressed by the IRGC?
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Originally Posted by OpieTaylor
(Post 4025171)
We got it bro, war on drugs failed, war on poverty failed, war on crime failed.
Do we just dissolve the federal government now or only vote for people you like? We know it will get worse if he takes a retreat to Camp David. |
Originally Posted by rickair7777
(Post 4025136)
The two examples of attempted full-scale nation-building didn't go well. Most of the rest of it has been fine over the last 30 years, striking a balance between diplomacy, economic engagement, pressure, and low-intensity intervention where sensible.
GCC has cleaned their own house and have relations with IL. Qaddafi swung from a light pole, Assad barely made it to Moscow with his skin intact, the new guy in Syria is objectively better despite his previous CV. |
Originally Posted by Lowslung
(Post 4025233)
I would hardly call Libya and Syria examples of success. Last I checked, both are maybe just a hair’s width above failed states. And before anyone accuses me of partisanship, I agree that the Obama administration shares much of the blame for recent policy failures in the region. Seems party affiliation is meaningless when it comes to unindented consequences in that part of the world.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not holier than now. The Spanish Inquisition kept at it for 350 years and really stopped only in the 1830s. And Christianity had a 650 year head start on civilizing itself and purging savagery from its ranks. There are 2.2 billion Christians on this globe. About 2 million followers of Islam. The “true believers” of the Spanish Inquisition would consider about 2 billion of those Christians to be infidels - fallen from the True Faith. The “true believers” (fundamentalists) of Islam consider about 75-80% (their own moderates) to be more or less heretical or at least lapsed from the true faith. It’s taken Christianity 2000 years from its founding to smooth out some of the rough edges and even now that process is incomplete. It shouldn’t surprise us that it’ll take as much time for Islam |
Originally Posted by Excargodog
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There are 2.2 billion Christians on this globe. About 2 million followers of Islam.
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Originally Posted by dera
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Typo? Or whats your angle here?
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Originally Posted by dera
(Post 4025255)
Typo? Or whats your angle here?
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Originally Posted by checkgear
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Has to be a typo, he’s off by about 1.998 billion
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Originally Posted by METO Guido
(Post 4025266)
There are no angles or angels. Archaic dogmatism powered by the universal fear life is not eternal. Still no reason to declare open season on heretics. No nukes. Imam gangsters sign on, win, win, win:)
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Originally Posted by dera
(Post 4025279)
Great contribution as always. Not that anyone understood what you are trying to say, as always.
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