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Originally posted by Frith
I'm deathly afraid of the backlash U.S. foreign policy is going to have upon the peaceful types here and abroad, but there seems to be very little we can do about it at this point.
Originally posted by Soul_Contagious
Gimme Some feedback
Originally posted by twitchy
The soverignty of the American People is a memory. It was a noble concept and worked well right up until the industrial revolution. They don't call that period in american history a revolution for nothing. The capitalist seized control of the US legislature, and under the guise of a two party system have governed this country ever since. This is not a democracy, it is a republic, and a republic in a given time, is inherently prone to the corruption of a power base of the ruling class. The last bastion of the will of the american people was recently and quietly stolen away by the 'digitalization' of our electoral process, and as such I really don't believe that we, the citizenry of this country, can any longer be held accountable for our foriegn and domestic policies.
Originally posted by The Vagabond
We need our vote back. Once we have that we can change this system from grass roots. I really don't think that open revolution is the answer because I don't think that at this stage in the game anybody outside of a military coup could fight and win. All we could do is hurt ourselves. I can see rioting, maybe a few assassinations if that's what it takes to get our vote back and get some vague shadow of democracy back into our government, but after that we need to take the longer, harder, peaceful road, because it's the only one that leads to where we're going.
Originally posted by The Vagabond
I agree corporatist politics is going too far. I think it's VERY important not to over-focus on Bush as the problem because this won't end with him. It didn't begin with him either. "Corporatism" is what Benito Mussolini said facism should be called. Corporatism aptly describes government in America ever since the Spanish American War. In '32-'33 a national hero told congress that business leaders had asked him to lead a facist coup backed by the American Legion, but nobody went to jail! General Butler was simply laughed off for these allegations.
Originally posted by Soul_Contagious
Originally posted by The Vagabond
I agree corporatist politics is going too far. I think it's VERY important not to over-focus on Bush as the problem because this won't end with him. It didn't begin with him either. "Corporatism" is what Benito Mussolini said facism should be called. Corporatism aptly describes government in America ever since the Spanish American War.
I think alot of the problems the americans are now facing could of been stoped if they noticed all the right-wing conspiracies, that had direct involvement by the Bush family.
Originally posted by twitchyThe last bastion of the will of the american people was recently and quietly stolen away by the 'digitalization' of our electoral process, and as such I really don't believe that we, the citizenry of this country, can any longer be held accountable for our foriegn and domestic policies.
Russia will "launch" a mock nuclear attack against the U.S. and Britain during military exercises over the next week.
Moscow's Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports that Russia's strategic bombers and nuclear submarines "will deliver hypothetical nuclear strikes on the U.S. and Britain, while locating and destroying aircraft-carrier groups of the U.S. Navy."
The massive air, sea and land maneuvers are being conducted in the wake of America's stunning victory over Iraq, a longtime client state of Russia.
If the mock strikes were real, they would kill 125 million Americans in the first three days of such an attack, with tens of millions more casualties in the weeks after.
The paper said the exercises are taking place because "Russian military leaders have learned a lesson from the Iraq war, and intend to show the U.S. and its allies their determination to repel any potential threat coming from the West."
The Russian military, in plans drawn up at the request of President Vladimir Putin, argues that the only way Russia can deal with an escalating regional conflict with the U.S. would be to employ nuclear weapons.
Though Russia's military has been considerably downsized since the end of the Cold War and its conventional forces hold little weight against a modern equipped army, Russia has continued to invest heavily in strategic and tactical nuclear weapons.
Sometime during the '90s, Russia attained nuclear superiority over the U.S. While Russia's large strategic nuclear weapons have remained in parity with the those of the U.S., Russia's tactical nuclear arsenal has been estimated to include 20,000 to 40,000 weapons.
Originally posted by Indigo_Child
You are right soul. American people are in a LOT, a LOT of BLEEPING trouble. I can see it already. I can see those Russian and Chinese nukes raining down on Americans cities and setting it on fire. And those telling you you've lost your mind, have in reality lost their own: In 2003, May 18, Russia was preparing mass nuclear strikes on America:
Russia will "launch" a mock nuclear attack against the U.S. and Britain during military exercises over the next week.
Moscow's Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports that Russia's strategic bombers and nuclear submarines "will deliver hypothetical nuclear strikes on the U.S. and Britain, while locating and destroying aircraft-carrier groups of the U.S. Navy."
The massive air, sea and land maneuvers are being conducted in the wake of America's stunning victory over Iraq, a longtime client state of Russia.
If the mock strikes were real, they would kill 125 million Americans in the first three days of such an attack, with tens of millions more casualties in the weeks after.
The paper said the exercises are taking place because "Russian military leaders have learned a lesson from the Iraq war, and intend to show the U.S. and its allies their determination to repel any potential threat coming from the West."
The Russian military, in plans drawn up at the request of President Vladimir Putin, argues that the only way Russia can deal with an escalating regional conflict with the U.S. would be to employ nuclear weapons.
Though Russia's military has been considerably downsized since the end of the Cold War and its conventional forces hold little weight against a modern equipped army, Russia has continued to invest heavily in strategic and tactical nuclear weapons.
Sometime during the '90s, Russia attained nuclear superiority over the U.S. While Russia's large strategic nuclear weapons have remained in parity with the those of the U.S., Russia's tactical nuclear arsenal has been estimated to include 20,000 to 40,000 weapons.
Yep, your right America is absolutely BLEEPED! If the people don't recognize that, then they fully deserve it. If they can't restrain their governments, then someone else will, and they are not going to give a BLEEP about the American people.
[edit on 31-1-2005 by Indigo_Child]
And what do you think the US is going to do, sit back and take it? The instant either Russia or China (or both) decide to attack the United States with nuclear weapons, they are writing their own one-way ticket back to the stone age as well.