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I have a bad feeling, that's how wars are started...
by wellboy 13y ago
I have a bad feeling, that's how wars are started...
- speeder 13y agoIf this become a war, who will be blamed, Snowden? US presidents with their terrible policies? Osama Bin Laden for giving incentive to the terrible policies? US presidents for training Osama Bin Laden in first place? Russia for invading Afghanistan and giving reason to train Osama Bin Laden? I think it all depends on who wins in the end. Too bad, the common people always lose.
- rapind 13y agoNo mention of the people who elect these leaders?
- jivatmanx 13y agoBin Laden is definitely the Gavrilo Princip, but I disagree with the opinion that our leaders were just innocently and emotionally reacting to 9/11, as most of Bush's cabinet consisted of hardcore, , Team B[1], neoconservative ideologues. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_B http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_B
- aylons 13y agoI don't think they were innocently reacting, I think that people innocently[1] let them do it, and that this was Bin Laden's intention. [1] I stopped short of saying dumbly.
- cdooh 13y agoHistory is written by the victors
- pyre 13y agoIf the US (according to Obama) wasn't about to 'scramble the jets' to catch Snowden, then I'm not sure they are willing to start a war over a country granting him asylum.
- speeder 13y agoI don't see US starting the war, I see OTHER COUNTRIES starting the war over US actions... The entire south america is pissed off for example, and I've seen people here talking about trying to convince europeans to join us in a anti-US war, WWII style (ie: demonize the US and throw the entire world against it). And it might work, plainly because US policies since WWII mostly pissed everyone off, almost all countries have reasons to want to see US destroyed, and I am pretty sure that with enough incentive, you might end with the entire world attacking the US... Other possible scenarios are EU civil war, South America vs EU war, or Asian countries starting their own already incoming wars during this chaos, hoping to drag one western country or another to their side.
- bobo13579 13y agoAre you just being ridiculous right now? Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico for instance are strong U.S. allies. Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, and virtually every other country that hasn't given Snowden asylum would back America in the event of "World War III", which would end fairly fast.
- 9h1d9j809s 13y agoMexico is not part of South America. I agree about Chile. Uruguay is small, corrupt and almost controlled by the US. I strongly disagree about Argentina and Brazil backing America. I'm not sure if you know much everyone hates the US in South America. And for good reasons: Just look at the history of the Americas in the 70s, 80s and even 90s. And what do you even mean by World War III?
- 1337biz 13y agoI wouldn't count on Argentinia. They seem to be quite unease over the Falkland issue and if the opportunity is right still willing to take on former colonial powers.
- 9h1d9j809s 13y agoThat will not happen. Whatever the US does, it will only bring the countries of South America even closer together.
- speeder 13y agoIt is EU that might breakup, or Nato, and so on... Those that I am refering as broken alliances.
- jivatmanx 13y agoNATO at the moment is basically just "U.S. + anyone else who wants to help" With the info that NATO has been used to spy on the E.U. I definitely see incentive for a separate European military arrangement.
- 9h1d9j809s 13y agoWhich, by the way, would be incredibly important to stabilize the EU.