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[quote="freq88"]No the threat of mutual assured destruction only prevented the US and USSR from direct military conflict. It however, increased the use of 3rd world nations as pawns to gain a so called "sphere of influence". Which is why we have the problems we have today.[/quote]

Happy Meals for everyone!!!

Agreed. ...Let's blame the Europeans, it's all their fault.

Anyone who drives on the left side of the road is always to blame.

[quote="freq88"] I see Iraq and the middle east a part of the problem that we (the western nations) have created and must amend.[/quote]

Radicals and Extremists of any form whether they're PETA or islamist can never be reasoned with. And I don't see the overall goal of the U.S. to do so. It has been and will always be to get the general and reasonable population to understand. Radical islamists can only be defeated by other islamist.

[quote="Andrew"][quote="freq88"] I see Iraq and the middle east a part of the problem that we (the western nations) have created and must amend.[/quote]

[quote="Spooky"][quote="Andrew"][quote="freq88"] I see Iraq and the middle east a part of the problem that we (the western nations) have created and must amend.[/quote]

I fully understand the nature of this conflict. History repeats itself more often then not. Like I said this has been a problem of western nations but should've stated western civilization if you want to be more accurate. And what I believe is based on my own personal observations and not from simply from what others have written and therefore I don't have to read any book or books to understand it.

[quote="tommyknocker2121"][quote="Spooky"][quote="Andrew"][quote="freq88"] I see Iraq and the middle east a part of the problem that we (the western nations) have created and must amend.[/quote]

Too many people. Man has dominated the planet for far too long and has no equal other than himself in order to maintain the balance of nature. It is therefore a curse upon himself to visciously maintain that balance.

[i]Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal. In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

hey no fair you can't quote that on here. Paraprhase next time.

But I went through all the trouble of finding the passage! The least one could do is read the short passage and think about it. One might even find it edifying. :D

Dear lord I haven't read the Leviathan since high school. Do you think I want to reread even a paragraph again?!! Try reading Dante's Inferno in latin :?

The very thought makes my head hurt. I can barely read it in English, let alone Latin. They actually taught you Latin in high school? I think that's really cool, aggravating as it may be.

Yep took it all four years. Senior year we translated the Illiad, the Inferno and a did a little Greek. Yeah if I was gonna go back to school I'd major in linguistics and become a polygot.

My friend majored in Mandarin. Suffice it to say, she isn't hurting to bad trying to find a job lol.

I have no idea but if it was up to me I'd say...

No Farsi or Arabic ? ;)

military wise it is important. But economically it's not.

Still haven't met an airman that hot unfortunately. But my recruiter at Officer Accessions said she knew quite a few.

[quote="tommyknocker2121"]Still haven't met an airman that hot unfortunately. But my recruiter at Officer Accessions said she knew quite a few.[/quote]

[quote="SSgt_Burgin"][quote="tommyknocker2121"]Still haven't met an airman that hot unfortunately. But my recruiter at Officer Accessions said she knew quite a few.[/quote]

'Cause everyone loves CAS:

So have you all decided we as a country can keep our Air Force?

Point:

they say it would cut spending but if it was put into one of the other branches it would put more stress on that branch then there was before and it would make that branch need more money. and that amount would meet and/or exceed what the airforce was already asking for. totally a dumb idea economically and totally stupic. why would you disband the airforce which is patrolling out skies for us after 9/11? this person needs to be admitted to an institued. :evil:

Whats an institued?