Appreciate the honoust remarks and thoughts. Can't say i agree with all of them but no need to...
There are som true arrogant people in Europe but I presume that goes for other countries and continents, as well. I for one am not a big fan of Germany, Holland, France, UK 😉 O WAIT, just about all of my neighbouring countries. For that matter, i only like people from my own county. O wait, only cool people from that county 😉
The only thing i can not grasp here is the talk about terrorists and helping out the world. How can anyone here give me a solid reason to invade Iraq for example. REALLY, a good one? Was it because of the tiran, or because of the tiran sitting on a few gallons of oil? I mean, hey, by all means ,if you want to invade Iraq, go ahead, but don't give me bull about terrorists or some tiran, cuz we all know that is not the reason, nor the weapons of mass destruction that weren't there (like we all knew since 1960 or so...). And he wasn't threatening anybody but his own people, like so many lowlife thugs do in this world. ALl i'm saying is, not all wars fought are for the right reasons.
So let me be clear before people pick on me: i'm not saying the UN is the answer. My god, we all know all they do is talk and talk. But a little nuance in the military actions of the US wouldn't harm anybody, right?
Other then that, i got nothing but love for the US of A!
I've been over there five times now and always been welcomed with the utmost respect and friendship!
GO PACK
"Belgian_Packer" wrote:
An optistic newbie who thinks he can change opinions around here.
Take a long hard look at the map Harrisdude posted.
I've given up by now, lol.
No, seriously, I agree with you on the Iraqi war. I've voiced that over here many times before. That same leader was torturing those same people that we're all of a sudden trying to safe for quite a while. He got away with some worse things before, but now, all of a sudden, it was time for an attack.
And those weapons of mass destruction where nowhere to be seen.
Talk to Foster about that one, though, he's our military expert. Or at least, I view him that way.
And Cheesey, I still don't think that you have any kind of say over what North Korea does. Everyone knows that Kim Jung has some radical ideas, but I really don't think that that warrents enough to just bomb the shit out of them. Attacking them now over enriching uranium would be nothing short of hypocritical.
And the US knows this. If you're/we're going to invade North Korea, look at the reasoning behind it. It'll be us, coming to the aid of South Korea or something like that. Vietnam style, really.
Lastly, I know that the UN isn't the most aggressive organization of the world. Far from it, actually. But they're working as some kind of an equalizer right now.
Just look at our Favre threads. I don't have Favre, but I'm always in the defensive corner, because some people are so overly optimistic. Or, in this case, maybe a little overagressive.
That said, we're fighting over in Afghanistan on your side. Diplomatics haven't been in this good a state for a long time. We're the ones who define western civilization.
And Belgian, are you by any chance a somewhat socialistic economic? Now tht will make for some nice discussion around this place. Lol.