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Post by slappy on Jul 30, 2009 21:44:37 GMT -5
Which countries or people do you believe are threats to the US?
Do you have any particular reasoning for saying so or just because they are evil in general they are a danger to all?
What should we do about these threats?
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Post by Quanthor on Jul 30, 2009 21:49:31 GMT -5
I think we are more of a danger to ourselves than any country is and there is no solution because there is no cure for arrogance and greed.
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Post by themuffinman on Jul 30, 2009 21:55:39 GMT -5
Asia.
Because they're awesome.
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Post by ebilbryan™ on Jul 30, 2009 22:00:35 GMT -5
No one country really, but the US does have a lot of enemies.
But if any country threatens with nucs, we can't afford to assume their bluffing.
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Post by slappy on Jul 30, 2009 22:04:53 GMT -5
No one country really, but the US does have a lot of enemies. But if any country threatens with nucs, we can't afford to assume their bluffing. Then what should we do if they threaten us? Should they be allowed to have nuclear weapons as we do? |
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Post by ebilbryan™ on Jul 30, 2009 22:09:00 GMT -5
No one country really, but the US does have a lot of enemies. But if any country threatens with nucs, we can't afford to assume their bluffing. Then what should we do if they threaten us? Should they be allowed to have nuclear weapons as we do? Who is anyone to say a country shouldn't arm itself? If a country were to threaten us, we'd stand our ground like we did with North Korea. But you can never be too sure how far they're willing to go just to see the US burn. And as far to my knowledge, no one had any nukes other than the US after the atom bomb was created, but the blueprints for such weapons was stolen and circulated, thus resulting in many countries now having nuclear weapons. |
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Post by King Silva on Jul 30, 2009 22:15:20 GMT -5
I was kinda scared about North Korea but I guess they kinda cooled down. I hope no one wants to start anything though because that would really suck since we are already in the Middle East and practically everywhere else in the world..
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Post by slappy on Jul 30, 2009 22:17:15 GMT -5
I believe we should continue the work of Reagan and continue to encourage disarmament and practice it ourselves.
Threats to us would include those who are taking our jobs away from us, so technically, the companies are to blame for that one. We can't compete with cheap labor. We need to find jobs that have to be done in the US or even just build upon a current market and strengthen it.
I think Russia is a threat to everyone as Putin is a nut who just wants more and more power. I believe he'll do anything to gain even more power. See Russia-Georgia conflict.
Iran is just a threat to democracy as are other dictatorships.
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Post by Quanthor on Jul 30, 2009 22:22:29 GMT -5
Reagan didn't practice it, he expanded it.
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Post by slappy on Jul 30, 2009 22:24:11 GMT -5
Reagan didn't practice it, he expaned it. He expanded to scare off Russia, but actually wanted to cut down on nukes because he wanted to live in a world without them. At least that's what I've heard from different History Channel shows I've seen. |
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Post by Thunder on Jul 30, 2009 22:25:35 GMT -5
We can only preach disarming nuclear weapons if we practice it ourselves. If two guys have a gun pointed at each other and the one guy says "drop your gun, but I'm gonna go ahead and keep mine" it's not gonna work out.
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Post by Quanthor on Jul 30, 2009 22:29:32 GMT -5
Reagan didn't practice it, he expaned it. He expanded to scare off Russia, but actually wanted to cut down on nukes because he wanted to live in a world without them. At least that's what I've heard from different History Channel shows I've seen. That's oxymoronic don't you think? |
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Post by slappy on Jul 30, 2009 22:31:39 GMT -5
He expanded to scare off Russia, but actually wanted to cut down on nukes because he wanted to live in a world without them. At least that's what I've heard from different History Channel shows I've seen. That's oxymoronic don't you think? A bit, yes. The new deal we've struck with Russia sounds pretty good. I just hope it sets an example to other countries to cut down as well. I think by us actually doing something will encourage them to get rid of their own. However, the only problem is how do we reasonably get rid of them? We can't just dig a hole and put them all in there. How do we get rid of them? |
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Post by ebilbryan™ on Jul 30, 2009 23:17:19 GMT -5
Use the nuclear energy in the bomb to generate power?
I dunno, just going out on a limb here.
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Post by slappy on Jul 30, 2009 23:21:20 GMT -5
Use the nuclear energy in the bomb to generate power? I dunno, just going out on a limb here. I'd have to say no to nuclear power. |
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Post by ebilbryan™ on Jul 30, 2009 23:22:03 GMT -5
Well, it's better than burying it or shooting it off into space.
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Post by slappy on Jul 30, 2009 23:26:36 GMT -5
I would fully protest at (if near me) the nuclear power plant.
Burying it would just be awful, no state would want to bury it in their state.
I don't know why we'd shoot it off into space.
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Post by Oskanowski on Jul 30, 2009 23:26:46 GMT -5
Kinda hard to tell nowadays, we arn't fully informed of what everyone has in the world. So I would say everyone could be a threat to us, but the main one I can see is China.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2009 23:34:24 GMT -5
...Definitely not Australia...We're buddies and everything, eh?  |
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Post by McBlake on Jul 31, 2009 1:27:28 GMT -5
Pfft, what countries don't want to blow up the USA these days. All talk, you're  ing fine. |
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