Author Topic: Funkeds foregin policy 101 (Read 1461 times)

StSanta · « **Reply #45 on:** December 21, 2003, 02:36:10 AM »

funked1 has a point. I say this mainly because his avatard is JeffK!!!!

yor so studmuffinottry d00d taht i hvae to agre!!?!!

Crapgame · « **Reply #46 on:** December 21, 2003, 08:08:41 PM »

Funked,

I just gotta know...are you and Ripsnort freepers? If you are then I knew I felt comfortable in the presence of fellows. If not then maybe you guys should check out http://www.freerepublic.com

Crapgame
Blue Knights Diversity Officer
http://www.we-know-whats-right.blogspot.com

Gunslinger · « **Reply #47 on:** December 22, 2003, 06:32:38 PM »

Saburo, I think jealosy has alot to do with it as well. That and our support of isreal. OBL himself also said american citizens are targets because we pay taxes to a zoinist govt.

Most of this is bread from young arabs who are brainwashed into thinking that their race is the oldest yet most arab countries are third world nations. They are also told that this is americas fault. Then they are educated on how americans want nothing more than to steal the arabs oil and turn the land over to the jews. Somone who has great ability to speak and to shape minds can easily spin anything and make young impresionable poor kids think its the truth. Throw some religion into the mix and you have yourself a future suicide bomber.

I dont agree with Funks vew on Isolationism....But I do agree with his veiws on taxes. I hate having a portion of my meager paycheck taken out to pay for programs that I never use.....or programs that wont be available to me (social security) when I retire. I wish I could take all the money I pay into social security and move it into my TSP (thrift savings plan).....Just my rant.

mrblack · « **Reply #48 on:** December 22, 2003, 06:36:21 PM »

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Originally posted by SLO
man....thats just too funny.....and scary at the same time.

I don't wanna call em stupid.....but that article just confirms it.

Clearly the rags on there heads are too tight.

Maverick · « **Reply #49 on:** December 22, 2003, 07:00:42 PM »

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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Answer the question Rip. Buildings falling down in Manhattan is bad, but it doesn't affect my freedom. What affects my freedom is the government extorting thousands of dollars from me each month.

This post just bugs the hell outa me.

Are you saying that the loss of life in that attack is meaningless as long as it doesn't cost you any money?

Maybe I'm reading this differently from what you intended when you posted but it sure seems very selfish to me.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #50 on:** December 22, 2003, 07:05:22 PM »

I typed it in plain English and meant what I said.

"Are you saying that the loss of life in that attack is meaningless as long as it doesn't cost you any money? "

I said nothing of that sort.

I said 9/11 (bldg in Manhattan) was bad. I pointed out that one of the main reasons for terrorism (and specifically 9/11, by Bin Laden's own words) is the massive US military presence and general meddling overseas. And I suggested we reduce that presence. Which would, IMHO, reduce the risk of future 9/11 attacks a lot more than they are reduced by the current half-assed nation building efforts in whatever country is unpopular this week.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #51 on:** December 22, 2003, 07:06:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Crapgame
Funked,

I just gotta know...are you and Ripsnort freepers? If you are then I knew I felt comfortable in the presence of fellows. If not then maybe you guys should check out http://www.freerepublic.com

Crapgame
Blue Knights Diversity Officer
http://www.we-know-whats-right.blogspot.com

I will check that site out, thanks.

Maverick · « **Reply #52 on:** December 22, 2003, 07:21:19 PM »

So we should let our foriegn policy be driven by bin ladin and others like him. After all we wouldn't want to make them angry or anything.

Yeah I saw your post was in english but like I said it still sounds rather selfish.

Frankly I can go with some pull back of forces overseas but the result with further whittling back would be less ability to do anything if needed. Similar to what happened in previous isolationist periods.

I don't see the US being able to hunker down and avoid problems by being passive and not looking out for our interests outside of the borders of the country. The globe is too damn small for that anymore. Too many industries are now dependant on a global economy and resources are not centered in the US.

Sandman · « **Reply #53 on:** December 22, 2003, 07:51:38 PM »

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Originally posted by Maverick
I don't see the US being able to hunker down and avoid problems by being passive and not looking out for our interests outside of the borders of the country. The globe is too damn small for that anymore. Too many industries are now dependant on a global economy and resources are not centered in the US.

On the other hand, we can't be too imperial or unilateral either.

Somewhere there is a middle ground between passivity and unilateralism.

Maverick · « **Reply #54 on:** December 22, 2003, 09:37:42 PM »

Sandy,

There's the rub. Unfortunately it's hindsight that shows the direction that should have been taken. If we could only have hindsight and foresight change places......

People being the very fallible critters they are are stuck with making the best "educated" guesses they can and muddle through.

lord dolf vader · « **Reply #55 on:** December 22, 2003, 11:50:08 PM »

withdraw all support and all garentees from israel. they want to start a tac nuke fest god bless um. otherwise they get to make pease fast or die. not letting the situation resolve itself naturaly in israel/middle east is the whole reason for all this death. this is not isolationism its common sence.

give every isreali citizen a ticket to the midwest state with absolute safty and all the land they can throw a stick at. and let um have at it. if they want a twentyfirst centruy masada that is their business.

kappa · « **Reply #56 on:** December 23, 2003, 09:24:28 AM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
There are people in the world today that simply hate us for our lifestyles alone, let alone lack of faith or lack of THEIR particular faith. They will do anything, make up any excuse, to bring #1 down. If you can't see that in todays world events, then maybe you should spend less time on the WRX websites and more time paying attention to current events.

Regarding our GDP percentage on defense, its minute compared to that of the former Soviet Union.

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SOLD!!!! to propaganda machine number 3....

In other news: US propaganda machine #3 receives the 'E' award for excellence with it's contribution to mind control spread around america... It was a close tie between machine #7 and #3. The later clearly being the winner after this obscure post was found to be totally believed by its writter....

Maverick · « **Reply #57 on:** December 23, 2003, 10:05:39 AM »

ldv,

Yeah lets resettle all the Isreali's. I vote that they get your house first. The fact that they don't want to is immaterial, right? We must mollify the arabs so they don't get all angry and do nasty things being the advanced civilized people they are.... I don't recall an Isreali premise that they demand the end or destruction of any other country in the area.

(note heavy sarcasm here) I'm sure the "nuke fest" (your words) would benefit the globe imensely.

Seems to me that ALL the players in the middle east have to come to the understanding that they ALL have a right to live and they ALL need to learn to get along. Cooperation there could lead to a much greater prosperity for all of them if they would just stop the ingrained hate fest they have.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #58 on:** December 23, 2003, 05:36:49 PM »

Just a curious note: Do we have any "players" that live in southwest asia/middle east?

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #59 on:** August 12, 2006, 07:57:38 PM »

3 yrs later and I'm still right...