"In the 21st Century Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"

[jcd11235 0]

At least that's what McCain claims.

I guess he figures public display of stupidity worked out so well for Bush's campaigns against a smarter Democratic rivals, he'd give it a try, also.

Or, maybe he's trying to demonstrate how much more qualified he is on foreign policy than his opponent.

Or, maybe he's just getting senile, and really doesn't remember that the US has invaded (and is still occupying) two nations this century already.

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[shropshire 0]

Just goes to emphasis the old joke ..... "How can you tell when a politician is lieing?"

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[kelpdiver 2]

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Or, maybe he's just getting senile, and really doesn't remember that the US has invaded (and is still occupying) two nations this century already.

one deserved it, the other, fuck it, it deserved it too.

The moral being - pick a fight, and sometimes an even bigger bully responds.

[Dumpster 0]

No, it's called a "regime change".

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[billvon 2,998]

To be fair, Bush said the same thing a few days ago, so it's not like he's saying anything new - he's just pushing the current position of the US.

[billvon 2,998]

>one deserved it, the other, fuck it, it deserved it too.

By many of the same standards, then, Georgia deserved it. After all, they have fired on Russian troops while the troops were there trying to restore law and order, per Russia's own reports. Attacking a country's military is an act of war by anyone's standards.

[jcd11235 0]

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one deserved it, the other, fuck it, it deserved it too.

I disagree, but that's a topic for a different thread.

I guess you acknowledge that McCain displayed apparent ignorance of current US foreign policy with his statement?

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[kelpdiver 2]

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I guess you acknowledge that McCain displayed apparent ignorance of current US foreign policy with his statement?

McCain displays ignorance on many topics each day. I don't even bother to listen to him.

[Lastchance 0]

>How do you know a politician is lieing?You can see their lips moving.

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[Adriandavies 0]

Technically I guess he was correct because it wasn't a single nation doing the invading it was a 'coalition of the willing' which had UN backing. Besides when America decides to do the invading it must have been the correct action right!

[ErricoMalatesta 0]

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Or, maybe he's just getting senile, and really doesn't remember that the US has invaded (and is still occupying) two nations this century already.

one deserved it, the other, fuck it, it deserved it too.

The moral being - pick a fight, and sometimes an even bigger bully responds.

I guess by your logic 9/11 was well deserved too.

[kelpdiver 2]

deserved is usually a point of view matter.

but you can ignore that and focus on the second line - if you blow up 3000 civilians of the biggest military power on earth, expect payback. and then some.

[billvon 2,998]

>if you blow up 3000 civilians of the biggest military power on earth,
>expect payback. and then some.

And if you kill almost 100 soldiers of the third biggest military power on earth, you can also expect payback - and they are getting it.

[Capt.Slog 0]

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[kelpdiver 2]

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>if you blow up 3000 civilians of the biggest military power on earth,
>expect payback. and then some.

And if you kill almost 100 soldiers of the third biggest military power on earth, you can also expect payback - and they are getting it.

which nation and incident are we talking about now? Georgia attacking Russia? If so, yeah, that's how the real world works.

I haven't taken a side on the conflict, in case you were overreaching again.

[billvon 2,998]

>which nation and incident are we talking about now?

The one this thread is about.