Street Fighting

[jsoceanlord]

the globe is now the Isreaeli/Palestinian conflict

 

[midlifeflyer]

I do not consider myself as a politcal genious but common sense tells me that if the neighborhood had just one big bada$$ that ruled the coup then sooner or later some of the other folks are going to join hands for a joint effort if not to topple but maybe just to show this giant that there is an equal rival, maybe to do nothing more than to keep this giant in check. I am trying to think in other countries terms...

I think you're exactly right. There really is only one superpower - us. No less a bleeding heart than Jimmy Carter said that this automatically means that there will be antagonism against the US, no matter what we do. I think our obligation in this context is two-fold: to use our power wisely and not to act like jerks. The biggest problem we're facing right now is that most of the rest of the world thinks we're acting like jerks and throwing our weight around. Do you think that we would be Iraq if the old Soviet Union was around and Iraq was their ally and there was a =real= chance of causing WWIII? (No answer required, they'd just be along the usual lines anyway. Just think about it.)

 

[flywithastick]

Do you think that we would be Iraq if the old Soviet Union was around and Iraq was their ally and there was a =real= chance of causing WWIII? (No answer required, they'd just be along the usual lines anyway. Just think about it.)

I have serious doubts that al queda would be a danger to the US today, there would have been no fight in the Balkans/Kosovo and Sept 11th probably wouldn't have happened if the Soviet Union was still here. There also wouldn't be nearly as much rogue WMD threat to the world if the Soviets were still in power.

my 2¢