... No one ever learns from history. Ok, not quite accurate, they may learn in the academic sense, but decisions on current events are never based on results ...
... A very good then. Preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction beyond those who have had them for some time, and can presumably be counted on not...
... Can you give me a short list of countries that did not, or do not think think themselves above international law or opinion unless forced to at the point...
... Democracy doesn't work. I should be dictator. It really is that simple, folks. See Arrow's Impossibility Theorem. It's SCIUNCE! Sorry to jump in without...
Sorry to jump in without reading the whole thread, but it needed to be said. Dan Fear not Dan, the thread was just passing remarks - I'm surprised you vote for...
I rather think had you any sense you would have ... That is the problem with democracy. Too many of the electorate lack sense. Regards Peter MArk: Ah yes, but...
... No, not just theoretical platitudes, but concrete examples where a country abandoned self interest during a crises and without the threat of force being ...
... Fear of an event has little to do with actual learning from an event. And in fact, had I the time I could write a paper that ties subsequent us foreign...
You're starting to lose me here Ray. Wasn't the United Nations set up due to clear historical evidence that there needed to be such an international body?...
... sense. ... one in ... True, that WOULD be most people's choice between 'those' options...but why assume those are the only options? Wouldn't you rather be...
Just heard a nasty rumor that anything written on a hotmail email account becomes Microsoft's "intellectual property." This sounds kindof insane to me, but...
Wouldn't you rather be a big-wig leading a nation to prosperity? Perhaps yours could be the voice of reason, and being the 'big-wig' it wouldn't be the voice...
Just heard a nasty rumor that anything written on a hotmail email account becomes Microsoft's "intellectual property." This sounds kindof insane to me, but...
We can learn from history as long as the lessons apply, and trying to apply something that has come before to a 'new situation' takes ingenuity and patience. ...
David wrote: Yes, WWI was a horrible war, but at least the military has learned from THAT historical lesson. Trench warfare is over folks. MArk: I think the...
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Packrat wrote: Why not be an excellent statesman leading your country back to God? Mark: That would be the plan, and the only thing that would make me live...
... The League of Nations failed because of lack of mandate, lack of will and lack of any real ability to enforce any decisions. The UN suffers from......lack...
Ray: So, why not do that then, or even your other suggestion? Mark: I do not have a keen enough interest in politics to seriously consider that career. As...
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