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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:10 PM
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So, which one of our current allies will someday be our sworn enemy?
We seem to have a pattern here. In times of crisis, we build fragile alliances with nations whose policies we disagree with. Once the crisis passes, we go back to our opposing sides, and sooner or later we have an enemy on our hands.

We worked with the Soviets in WWII. Within ten years, we were enemies.

We worked with Bin Laden in the 80s. Now he's attacked us, and is probably planning further attacks.

We worked with Saddam in the 80s. You see how that's worked out for us.

So who's next?
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:11 PM
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1. Canada and Finland
The Canadian Nuclear Threat(TM) is real.

:nuke:
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revree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:11 PM
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2. Poland.
They will turn their mighty wrath upon us soon...
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:16 PM
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6. Their slogan: "You Forgot Poland"
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whalerider55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:12 PM
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3. Massachusetts
...the people's republic.

whalerider55
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:13 PM
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4. Musharaf would be the first I can think of. Saudis eventually.
We have so few allies nowadays, the game is not as much fun as I thought would be.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:13 PM
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5. Definitely Musharraf
And when it happens, we're in for real problems.
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illflem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:18 PM
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9. Pakistan but after Musharraf is overthrown
and if we don't watch our step China. The Chinese dislike the US as much as the rest of the world, they just put up so they can sell their shit to Wal-Mart
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bettys boy Donating Member (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:17 PM
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7. Republic of (South) Korea
South Koreans are increasingly hostile to US pressure on Pyongyang.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:18 PM
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8. Iraq will now become the next Afghanistan
I fear the people there are very ticked about Abu Ghraib. I hope not, but I fear if we do just cut and run there, it will become a worse terrorist breeding ground than we could have imagined.

As far as our allies, I feel that they will not have as much animosity towards us after the Bush administration is gone unless his policies carry on, but I can't really see fiscally how that could happen.

An interesting read was the "American Conservative Magazine" sort of half hearted endorsement of Kerry, saying that the re-election of Bush could bring about the demise of modern conservatism. His policies could just bring about that end.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:21 PM
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13. If civil war breaks out in Iraq - and it's entirely possible -
I can imagine an extremist regime coming to power (law and order, don't you know?) and giving us more trouble than Saddam ever dreamed of.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:25 PM
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15. scary stuff n/t
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AG78 Donating Member (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:18 PM
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10. Convenientaniastan
But probably Pakistan. And if a military dictator who took over in a coup, were to be overthrown by Islamic militants linked to bin Laden, that'll just make life on this planet that much better.
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Niccolo_Macchiavelli Donating Member (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:19 PM
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11. N.A.T.O (without US)
The US-admin is trying so hard to piss them off.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:20 PM
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12. Saudi Arabia
Oh wait, they're already stabbing us in the back as they kiss us on the cheek right now...
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booksenkatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 03:21 PM
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14. Do we have any left? nt
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 04:13 PM
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16. I'd bet on Pakistan.
If UBL/OBL gets his hands on a nuke, it will probably come from there.
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whosinpower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 04:20 PM
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17. Biggest threat comes from within
Just my two cents worth. All great empires collapse - not from outside pressures so much as inevitable corruption/powermongering from within.



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