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Doubting America’s power
Abraham Cooper, Harold Brackman
Published: 06.05.10, 12:38
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hiba ,   jerusalem   (05.08.10)
it is much beter to hear about a jew than to force to see him ..aske me here in jerusalem ..but i think it is their bad fortune to be here with palastinians and it is forced luck to us ...us are the palastinians
32. #28. Persian CAT,
k1w1 ,   NZ   (05.08.10)
That’s an intriguing image you’ve conjured - a little disturbing, perhaps, but interesting… [would it be Camel cigarettes, do you think?] But nay! Enough levity. I think we both know that the most plausible explanation (if we apply Occam’s razor) is that they just made it up and tried to pass it off as some sort of journalism. It’s sad, really.
33. Ah, If only we all could live on a small, irrelevant........
Cameron ,   USA   (05.09.10)
island in the Pacific, #30. But other more serious, powerful nations on the planet must make the decisions, and set the agenda. Appreciate your inability to influence the course of events, for it is a heavy burden to bear. Players, and those confined to the audience......
34. Another Obama step underming Israeli security
Shalom Freedman ,   Jerusalem Israel   (05.09.10)
What is going on here? Isn't there anyone who can see what this is about? The Obama Administration consorted with Egypt in an effort to move Israel in the same basket with Iran. It is restructuring the Iranian nuclear weapons issue and making it the 'Middle East nuclear weapons issue'. This is a betrayal of tremendous weight and significance. Why is even our own government silent? The one- sided pressure by Obama on Israel has already distanced the Arab- Islamic world from making any concession to Israel. Now he makes another step to undermine Israel. Gevalt.
35. #33. Cameron.
k1w1 ,   NZ   (05.09.10)
That’s the way, mate, that’s what I meant about “American trash talk”. What? So if it wasn’t for “serious, powerful” USA the whole world would fall apart, eh? If USA didn’t spend vast sums of money on its aggressive military machine, didn’t invade countries and drop bombs on innocent people, didn’t threaten and interfere across the globe, the world would be less safe and less prosperous, eh? If the USA didn’t have the ability to utterly destroy the world countless times over, the world would be safer, eh? Weird logic… Your militant bravado, Cameron, would carry a bit more weight if only the USA hadn’t proved to be quite so inept [since WWII, anyway] in spite of the obvious advantages it has in its favour. For instance; Mexico (#22) after 40 years of the US’ War on Drugs; or, another close US neighbour, Cuba, where Castro has been flipping the bird and making fools of the US for more than fifty years (Bay of Pigs ring a bell?); or North Korea, another dirt poor country, who the US is still at war with after sixty-odd years; or Afghanistan, another one of the poorest countries on earth, without even have a viable security force, and after nine years here’s a five star US general in NZ begging for help from the renowned and elite NZSAS (the guys who train the Green Berets, by the way) because “serious, powerful” USA is having a bit of trouble. Ha! The all-powerful US navy can’t even handle a few teenage Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean (can’t “sustain the level of operation”, according to US Adm. Mark Fitzgerald) - not to mention what happened in Mogadishu in the ‘90s when the might of the US military took on some thugs in pickups. Dear, oh dear, the record is dismal. If it’s a case of “players and the audience”, then one section of the audience is snickering at the bumbling performance from the big, lumbering lout in the centre of the stage, wondering how much damage the oaf will cause before finally tripping over and tumbling off the edge…
36. doubting (muslim) america???
les ,   canada   (05.09.10)
#11 SARA B. YOU ARE THE "MAN" !
37. lambs
yom tom ,   satellite beach flor   (05.10.10)
yo lamb lambs how about the orlando magic,droping bombs from way outside.all the starters were getting off
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