What does this mean to you?

Abookamongstthemany

he still stands wrote:

Gracias

So was it McCain that said this (the original post)???

I can't imagine Obama would talk about the U.S. policing the rest of the world. I can imagine him doing it, just not talk about it.

I don't know who said it...I read threads from the end to the beginning sometimes so someone might have said who and I just missed it.

And yep, I agree with your assessment, both would do it but only one would go around selling it...at least not on the campaign trail, anyways.

macgyver06

he still stands wrote:

Gracias

So was it McCain that said this (the original post)???

I can't imagine Obama would talk about the U.S. policing the rest of the world. I can imagine him doing it, just not talk about it.

there are more than two people in this presidential race.

he still stands

macgyver06 wrote:

there are more than two people in this presidential race.

Are we playing 50 Fucking Questions here?

yes I am aware there 2 majors (one of which will get elected unfortunately) and 4 minors, and probably some other people running as well that I don't know of.

oooh ooh was it Chuck Baldwin?

Cosmo

macgyver06 wrote:

So Long as Russia and China retain their own large military forces and haven't fully rid themselves of the instinct to throw their weight around - and so long as a handful of rogue states are willing to attack other sovereign nations, as Saddam attacked Kuwait in 1991 - there will be times when we must again play the role of the world's reluctant sheriff. This will not change- nor should it.

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Who died and appointed us as the World's Sheriff? And couldn't it be argued that Russia and China 'throwing their weight around' is the same thing as our 'pre-emptive policy' of crisis negotiation? If Russia did the same thing we did in Iraq, would it be viewed by Americans as a blatant act of aggression... or a justified use of force?
Let fucking ass Russia or China go in and play World Cop for a while... if they want to. So far... the U.S. is the only country stupid enough to pretend to be the World's Sheriff.

DriftingByTheStorm

slightofjeff wrote:

I keep hearing we attacked Iraq for its oil ... I'm just wondering when we can start taking it.

We didn't attack Iraq to TAKE the oil.

We attacked it to STOP Iraq from SELLING it ... IN EUROS.

Saddam was going off the dollar.
Just like Iran claims it is doing.

If you understand anything about the USD, and the fact that its only real value on the world market is as a guarantor of oil, then you understand the hubub.

If you DON'T understand that, then its easy to see the confusion.