nova_satori

Yes he is a obstacle to peace. Yes, he has caused problems. Yes he should be stopped. Yes he should be removed. However, the sheer consequences of making him a martyr outweigh the good it would do. 60% of the palestinan population supporting him, to 80% wanting revenge?

At least I believe credible evidence. Unlike the right-wing

No, I didn't say we need to withdraw. We simply need to stop the itchy trigger finger marines from killing anything that moves.

Do projects 112 and SHAD ring ANY bells?

Every government, no matter how secular, has a skewed view of the world. Even the Dala Lamai's? How can you be aganist a religion named "Compassion?" Or maybe Daoism. Religion isn't robbing us of everything. Many people find solace and understanding in religion. Religion is a important concept in many peoples' lives. However, in my opinion, to base any power around it is suicide.

lol. Actually, if we think about how many times mistakes happen in DNA replication and the passage of time....I probably don't even share 95% of my combinations and ordering with a newborn baby.

I am simply returning the same joke-favor extened to me.

yes, you failed biology miserably. Do you understand how alleles are organized on a chromosome? Or how guinane, cytosine, adenosne, thamine are arrganed? you do know that there are many mistakes in DNA and RNA replication that affects the organism. Many of these mistakes produce the same substance, and are forever encoded in one's DNA. I share the vast majority of my ALLELES with both chimps and babies. I share 98% of my DNA & allele COMBINATIONS with babies. The % of my combinations with chimps I don't know. Please retake college biology. You have seemed to failed it. I took college biology as a HS junior and I know more then you do. COMBINATIONS ARE KEY. Seeing how little genetics you understand, a knock on the head might bring some back. In what sense? Give any species enough time and they will become as intelligent as we are. Finish later

Nuclear: Here's my advice, talk to some people that live in the middle east and are muslims or arabs. It's obvious that you haven't even spoken to someone that is 1k miles of the middle east.

So the US was under british rule when the war of 1812 started? You say that because you have no idea what happened. Reseach it before you even try to comment. That is if you are willing to accept the truth and stop following the simple path of ignorance. Are we talking about the rest of the world? The US killed plenty of people not in the context of war. Did u take ANY us history? Almost every book at the time misquotes him, right, left, neutral. I love how you simply write off everything that doesn't follow your opinion as "liberal propaganda." That's just pathetic. You minus well stop reading. You seem to have learned nothing from any history. Then i suggest you read "the best money democracy can buy," and "the lies my teachers told me: Everthing your history book got wrong." Those will really show you what your side has done. Have you even researched your affiliation? You have no idea how much stuff remains undiscolosed in government offices that would incremnate thousands of right-wingers.

So 8 years of the best prosperity the US has ever seen is due to bad stewardship? Your blaming of Clinton for Bush's bad economy shows how little you understand economics. Every economic boom will and MUST be followed by a economic bust. You don't even need to take a class to understand that. The fact that the US had 8 years of prosperity is phenomanal. You cannot expect that to extend forever. If you do, you're completely dillusional. Right...because they aren't one of the best humanitraian organizations in the world! lol. typical ignorant American. He wasn't lying. The US is not and did not go into a recession. A recession is characterized by 8 consecutive quaters of down profits. The US had 7. We are not in a recession, just the doledrums.

So someone who helps fund a slaughter and supports the main power doing it has NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER AND IS TOTALLY BLAMELESS? So thus, any one who knowingly helps another commit a murder is absolved and is innocent? I never said that. Stuff happened. Yet you people still think America is noble. America will never apologize. Governments don't do that. But that doesn't stop you from learning about what they have done. "When you have stopped learning, you are dead." Using that logic, a huge portion of the US population should be dead. Wow, you're an ignorant fool who's missing the whole point. Everyone has come to the conclusion that those states were bad. However, a few of you blind faith pro-americans think that America hasn't done anything wrong. I've met typical blind faith pro-Americans like you, who deny any wrong doing America has done, and say that anyone who looks at those is horrible. Yet in truth, you are the horrible ones for ignoing it. Those who fail to understand the mistakes of the past, will commit those with far greater consequences. Know what happened, why and make sure it doesn't happen again. You people seem perfectly fine with letting the world fall apart. Sad

So you think Iran is ideal? Where the state is heavily influenced, if not entirely run by the church? Theocracies are a great place to live in!

You mean thousands, and possibly millions. There is much choice you have. Massive open warfare and ultimate destruction of the world. Or find an alterantive, but the right wing doesn't understand what alternative means. By creating thousands of new terrorists. Makes lots of sense doesn't it? Do you understand WHY he said that? Dense American.....the world is doomed if the average american is leading it.

I wonder how fast the world would disintergrate under Craig's rule. A day? Two tops?

or they could sue clinton for not taking a few more measures to stop this. Or they could just sue both of them and the airlines. Because that will make the world better! Make everyone poor! No.

conpiracy? Is that the right word? I was more thinking consotrium

No. Your money is just as good as his. It might be a bit more crumpled, but it's just as good. I am a product of American society and culture. Even with me, when morality and ethics clash with the bottom line, the line will usually win. Saddening, but true. However, I will draw the line before most people will in who i trade with should certain "tidbits" of information come to light. LOl. I had a english teacher who was buddist. I hated him. He was so subjective. One of my worse teachers. However, he did bring to light Dear ol' Leopold's fun in the Congo. I do give him props for that. Depends where the money is comming from and where I am finiacially. Don't you love capitalism? Of course, but collecting taxes doesn't mean you can screw up alot. I refer to Luxembourg because they are a rich, tiny european nation with very few atrocities attached to their name. One of my favorite european countries, now if they only invented the autobougn!

The only way I see China winning without nukes is to force every country that trades with Taiwan to stop or lose their markets in mainland China. Hmmm...give up 3 billion customers or contiune trading with a tiny market?

Trade attrition? Unless they are hitting taiwanese cargo ships, I don't think the Chinese are willing to go that far. But then again, who is going to break trade with the largest market in the world? If China can get her carrier up and running, then they might be able to do a trade attrittion war.

Argh. I have to go find the time/Newsweek and a number of websites. Its been a few months since i've read the articles. However, on a another forum, Lots of people from around the world. From Iranians to New Zealanders I spoke with a polish, Germans, swedish, Brits, italians, the over all concense is that Blair is needed, and the EU is nowhere near what they intend to be. Warning: There are many flame wars on that site. One charcater, who i shared a "interesting" relationship, named mike_murphy, is willing to start a multithread, death to _____, flame war on a joke phase, "Your mom." And they didn't even ban him. Many people there four vulgar words for every civil word. Proceed at your own risk.

It's 9:00 PM in Hawaii. Not exactly morning, even though I do eat cereal at this time raison d'etre: Not entirely sure. Many Finance or Economics, or perhaps, if no one is willing to take over my aunt and Grandfather's accounting firm, I might study accounting. Politics is for the birds. Not fun. Nor do I wish to become what I detest.

Sustained pressure from what? Attrition doesn't work in this case. A blockade and Airspace? That's a laugh. The current defenses in Taiwan are a military marvel. The sheer number of anti-ship missile batteries is staggering. Should a PLAN assault force come into range, the Taiwanese defenses will launch more anti-ship missiles then anyone has ever seen. They might be using the new exocet, or a weapon similar to the p-700 Granit currently in Russian arsenals. The US cannot even defened aganist a large granit missile launch. Any Chinese ships will be cut to ribbons before they meet the extremely advance Taiwanese naval defense forces, who are using modern French, Swedish and US ships. The PLAN, on the other hand, has ships even vietnam doesn't want. Nor do they have a effective carrier, unless secret work on the Minsk has been done. Moving on to a air defense. The taiwanese defense force is able to shoot down PLAA fighters DIRECTLY after takeoff. There won't be much of a fight from the southern and middle airbases of China. China's refuling system is seriously lacking. Also, the best fighters China has is Sukhoi Su-27s and a few Mig-29s bought from Iran, in addition to their new 5th generation fighter, comparable to the F-16, which has been in service for years. Taiwan on the other hand, is using heavily upgraded F-16s, their own generation fighter (with design teams from around the world), and F-15s (?). The anti-missile defenses are upgraded Patriot defense batteries. They've got plenty. However, the huge advantage Taiwan has is it survelliance. Located primarily on the Islands of Quemoy and Matsu, the Taiwanese can see every plane, ship and armor divison for hundreds of miles. There's not much they don't see. China on the otherhand, has four, count um, FOUR Awacs. Remove one, they lose 6 hours of survelliance. Remove 2, 12. 3, 18, 4, No survelliance. Take this into account when the vast majority of PLAA's 3,000 planes are not equipped with modern radar or night equipment. Many of the China's 3000 planes are J-8s and J-7s. Soviet copies that the Soviets stopped using decades ago. Their best fighters, the Sukhoi Su-27/35 flankers are is such bad repair, they are hardly a threat. A defector from the PLAA flew his Flanker to a US base in South Korea. The American and ROK techs were AMAZED it could FLY. Now, if the best planes are in total despair, imagine the rest. China's serious lacking of any amphibious force will prevent any invasion. Unless they can land 20+ divisons on Formosan soil, they will lose. Taiwan's defenses are so well connected, that in 1-2 days, the entire Taiwanese ground forces can mass the converge on any beach head taken by the PLA. So unless China intends to use Nukes, or burrow tunnels, there's no way they can win.

Does anyone here actually think that China can take Taiwan without nuclear weapons?

what? Still no right-wing attacks?!!