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Wow I just noticed I never answered Phid’s question. I’m not aware of any Native Americans who did not engage in warring activities.
I don't see the Scots leaving at the end of the day. It would be hard on their people to go it alone, but Scotsman are notoriously stubborn folks.
I say let market forces of demand decide what they do. The people own the post office so if the people want Harry Potter stamps it's their right to have them.
There is a Swiss scientist saying that Atlantis was on Mars and that they traded with the ancient Egyptians.link
No the South never had a snowball's chance of victory. The North outnumbered the South nine to one in manpower and held even greater advantages in industrial capacity, railroad mileage, and other infrastructure necessary for a war of attrition.
Yeah we had no business trying to nation build. We just needed to eliminate Iraq as a threat to the region militarily. It would have been cheaper just to throw money and resources to whichever dominate group emerged rather than occupying Iraq plus rebuilding.
The resentment wasn't huge or anything, but the embarrassment of losing the colonies still remained.
We should have wrecked the Iraqi military as we toppled Saddam, and then simply just pulled out and watched the chaos ensue. Whoever came out on top we throw in our support to the new regime and help them rebuild their nation by investing in their oil industry via exclusive contracts. We turn our eyes away from the human rights issues and pay attention only to our national security interests. Otherwise we should have left Saddam alone.
Old topic but it needed a response. Yes the Confederacy lobbied hard to get Britain into the war since the Union was a competitor in the textile industry to them and obviously they still wanted to repay New England for its rebellion. The South thought England would jump on their side because they would need Southern cotton, but what the Southerners didn't realize was England could satisfy its cotton needs with cotton grown in India.
I could care less about the thorny moral issue. The only thing those people over there understand is brute force. We tried to be nice and what did it get us? We could have installed another puppet tyrant to replace Saddam and let him take out the trash for us. Yes I wish the Iraqis could have maintained their freedom, but it's not worth American treasure and blood to keep that wretched nation patched together.
What is happening is no surprise. We went in and tried to nation build when we should have just went in and toppled Saddam and then pulled out. Who cares whether Iraq is stable or what government rules so long as they no longer have a military as powerful as Saddam's and a means to threaten our oil interests or Israel.
I agree he should be prosecuted for deserting his post and Obama should be impeached for negotiating with terrorists.
