OldManOnFire

Obviously, once you have two or more of something, in this case autonomous countries, there's an automatic division in culture, language, economy, war mongering, etc. I think there's something like 250 nations in this world and most are unique in many ways. So the division which is created by having 250 nations generally will not create the best possible situation for the billions of citizens.

It's really amazing when you think about it but billions of people, including those in the USA, either live in a dictatorship or something close enough to this that the people feel their lives are managed by a few in government. How .000001% of the people in the world find a way to control the other 6 billion is an interesting thought?? Of course, this handful of presidents and dictators and military rulers, probably are the least sane of the 6 billion people, and 90% of our world issues are rooted within these devious minds...these narcissistic people...these power-mongers...these greedy and arrogant people.

We have the same issues on a different scale within the 50 states of the USA. It's each state for their own with little to no alignment with other states. What would happen if all US states were given complete sovereignty--probably power-struggles and chaos?

I'm all for having the 250 unique nations in the world, but I would prefer that on some level, they all were required to abide by world laws...

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BillCosby

lol................ AMEN!!!!!!!!!!

Some type of unity to where attacking another is no more likely than new jersey attacking florida.......

I guess it is only a dream..... IMAGINE

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OldManOnFire

The 300+ million people in the USA have allowed the worst president and vice-president and secretary of state in the history of the USA to drag all of our honor, our integrity, and our world standing to all-time lows.

We have done nothing to counter-act this arrogant path for over seven years. How can this be possible??

How bad must things get before the people have enough interest or grande cajones to impeach the bastards?

So in the macro-view of the world, a handful of people, our chimp and the other narcissistic clowns, along with their insanities and greed, seem to rule the world and it's 6+ billion sheep...simply amazing isn't it...

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Well hopefully it is coming to an end............

The more I learn of what actually happened for these last seven years the angrier I get........

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OldManOnFire

Assuming Obama is the Dem candidate...the odds will not be in his favor to win...it's questionable if the USA is capable of voting for a candidate no matter the color of their skin??

So there are decent to good odds that if McCain does not die from old age between now and November, the Reps may maintain control of the White House.

If a Dem makes it into the WH, one thing they can do is immediately stop with the torture BS. They can start withdrawing from Iraq but the moment something turns upside down, they will probably send more troops back in. Nothing can be done in the next five years to solve high gasoline prices. Not sure anything can be done about the economy? Probably don't have enough money to provide health care to all or remedy the SS disaster? Can raise taxes on the wealthier but this is not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things. Global warming may come to some realization very soon. Some are talking about Lake Mead being dry in 13 years.

Except for a few issues, I'm thinking it does not make much difference who resides in the WH. This lousy Congress has not helped the situation either...

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Well the way things are........ Both parties part of the industrial military complex I don't have my hopes set to high.....

I don't believe mcbush will win.......... His embrace of bush2 should be enough to end it for him right there..........

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OldManOnFire

We don't know how he will actually deal with Iraq, but my guess is it will be 2-3 years minimum before the US is out of there.

Meanwhile, his quote above, at least to me, sounds exactly like something insane-Bush would say?? Bush has ignored all domestic issues in lieu of his insane march through the Middle East.

What's with Afghanistan? Are all the al Qaeda located only in Afghanistan? Obama has said he wishes to put more troops into Afghanistan so it sounds like a 'pea' game to me. Take them out of Iraq and move them next door?

As long as the USA feels that it must mettle in every one's business, being the world police, the righteous nation, protector of Israel, etc. there will be US troops in the Middle East. McCain is more right than anyone when he says US troops will be in Iraq or wherever for 100 years.

If I was running for president, I would say my priority will be the USA, it's citizens first, and that I will only deal with international issues when there is a viable coalition in place and sanctioned by the UN. If we don't take care of things at home, to deal with oil prices, global climates, water and electricity issues, population growth, the education system, health care, and the economy, in my very humble opinion, al Qaeda will be a moot point...

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Malkavian

Hindsight is always 20/20... There may have been a momentum there, but UN did not understand... And that's the main point. They didn't know local politics enough to make informed decisions, and the odds of outsiders having expert opinion and making correct decisions on the fly has been rather low historically. How do you get the info about combat readiness of the militia units? (Aside from reading books and reports that were written after the events ) If you are a militia, are you willing to share that information willingly? If not, should UN rely on spy networks that would gather needed info on timely basis? To cover conflicts around the world, how big will this network have to be? Do you want UN going through your garbage? (only if they take it out )

Well, local dictators are local problem. That's what revolutions are for... it's their problem to solve, not ours. Western firepower can tilt the battlefield unfairly however, hence my distaste for weapons sales.
Lol... i guess you could say that. How should i put it? In my experience, there are two types of "foreign aid"... One is done by people who really mean well, but have no clue what's going on and thus their impact is marginally beneficial at best, and often has negative unintended consequences. And another is done by people who actually took time to study and put together a business plan, but they do it to benefit themselves first and foremost, wreaking havoc purposefully in the process. People who mean well AND can put together a half decent plan are exceedingly rare in the business.

Yes. A simple scenario - you are a UN peace keeper guarding a village. A US warplane shows up and heads to bomb it. Do you open fire?

Yeah, this is an example of logic that bothers me. Somehow, i don't find it very reassuring.
I wish i had your optimism... Centuries of tribal and social feuding reversed by a few brave soldiers...

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BillCosby

AMEN................

All the money wasted warring really, really makes me sick.......... That ppl are killing & dying for what in my opinion is nothing & lies makes me so angry sometimes I have to break away & do other things........

& what is worse..??? Them doing it all again in Iran...........

To be honest I never thought going into Afghanistan was a good idea simply because it is Afghanistan.... No body is going to conquer them......

Attacking the country because of one man is nuts. Was when they did it in Panama or anywhere else....

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OldManOnFire

From my perspective, war is a sign of complete failure. It's the last resort after everything imaginable has been done. What's more sickening to me is that most of us just go about our business while literally millions of people are dying or are severely impacted by the Iraq and Afghanistan debacle. It is unfathomable to me that anyone will go along with any aggression towards Iran--knowing what we now know about Iraq, and the Middle East, etc. to even think about attacking Iran is pure insanity. Not surprising even with this the odds are probably 50/50 that insane-Bush will try something...

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