- A Bad King
- Jul 17, 2009
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Suppose the oil man,
He comes to town.
And you don't lay money down.
Yet Mr. King,
He killed the thread
The other day.
Well I wonder.
Who's gonna go to Hell?
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I'm moving to China.
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- wyntyr
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OP asked if America is crumbling and followed it with  about military might as if there's a direct correlation at all
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Jun 16, 2015 03:25
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- Young Freud
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my interest piqued when you thinly implied that the RAHOWA was a possibility
White folks have been preaching that RAHOWA has been around the corner since before the Civil War and yet it has never come and probably never will.
Is this the same Russian that predicted America have a civil war and be split up by now??
Russia projects so much that it should be a movie theater.
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Jun 16, 2015 03:51
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- King of Bees
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America r cumpling
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Jun 16, 2015 03:52
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- Toadvine
- Mar 16, 2009
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Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.
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Remember when wars were dignified? You fight and kill each other, but when bested you laid down your rifle and put up your hands. These terrorists think they gotta fight us to the last, but they don't. Look at the Japanese. They went hard nuts for a while and we still gave them back their country. If people would just play by the rules America would be uber alles again.
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- naem
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Jun 16, 2015 05:41
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- Shithouse Dave
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each post manufactured to the highest specifications
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America is the LLJKSiLk of nations. Incredibly dysfunctional, but convinced it is the best in the world at everything ever.
"We're doing great compared to everyone else!" *has insane healthcare costs, no guaranteed vacation, sick or parental leave, min wage can't sustain a single person in many places, cops shoot folks for being black, homelessness rife among people without addictions/serious mental illness, textbook content dictated by loving Texas, infrastructure crumbling*
USA #1!!!!!!
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Jun 16, 2015 05:51
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- gimme the GOD DAMN candy
- Jul 1, 2007
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Remember when wars were dignified? You fight and kill each other, but when bested you laid down your rifle and put up your hands. These terrorists think they gotta fight us to the last, but they don't. Look at the Japanese. They went hard nuts for a while and we still gave them back their country. If people would just play by the rules America would be uber alles again.
wars were never dignified they were always bunches of dudes out in the middle of nowhere with shameful, shameful urges for their fellow soldiers.
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Jun 16, 2015 05:52
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- corpuscollossus
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No matter how hosed the planet gets, America will find a way to gently caress it harder.
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Jun 16, 2015 06:16
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- gimme the GOD DAMN candy
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america fucks people, russia fucks concepts. china is the one that is really dedicated to loving the earth itself, though all three do a bit of each on top of their specialty.
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Jun 16, 2015 06:21
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- quakster
- Jul 21, 2007
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by FactsAreUseless
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pisschrist will save us, hallelujah
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Jun 16, 2015 09:02
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- dr_rat
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Pretty sure Stalin about to finally take the US. Just been chilling since '53, but know seems as good a time as any to bring the US into the loving hands or Stalinist, USSR.
After that US will be more stable and prosper then its ever been!
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Jun 16, 2015 10:57
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- Avalanche
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I think we're ok for now:
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Jun 16, 2015 11:02
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- quakster
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by FactsAreUseless
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all the guns in the world can't stop brain cancer
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Jun 16, 2015 11:07
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- Beef Turret
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by Lowtax
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The disease is inside of you.
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Jun 16, 2015 13:34
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- King Vidiot
- Feb 17, 2007
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You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!
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good I hope our "military might" crumbles and we just merge with Canada and get legalized weed, good healthcare and plentiful jobs, with the only downside being everything is like five bucks more expensive
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Jun 16, 2015 14:16
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- dr_rat
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all the guns in the world can't stop brain cancer
It can if your surgeon has a small caliber and a steady hand.
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Jun 16, 2015 14:40
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- a star war betamax
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by Lowtax
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Gary’s Answer
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The crisis and chaos engulfing the Middle East and Ukraine is evidence of US imperial decline, as Washington learns the harsh lesson that no empire lasts forever.
In the wake of the Vietnam War - the end of which was marked by news footage of US personnel and a select few Vietnamese collaborators being evacuated from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon in 1975 - the United States entered a prolonged period of decline when it came to its ability to embark on major military operations.
For all the massive destructive power in its arsenal, the Vietnamese had exposed US imperialism as a giant with feet of clay. The name given to this period of hard power retreat was the ‘Vietnam syndrome’ and lasted from 1975 to 1991, when the US and an international coalition embarked on the First Gulf War to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.
We are witnessing a similar period of US imperial decline now with regard to Washington’s inability to stage large-scale military operations. It arrived as a consequence of the failed occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq, both of which achieved nothing except the eruption of terrorism and extremism across the region, and by extension the world.
The huge resources expended have further crippled Washington’s imperial power, while the fragmentation of social cohesion in the US itself – witnessed by the brutal treatment of the nation’s poor, migrants, and blacks - reveals a society that is close to imploding. The parallels with the sixties and seventies are clear in this regard.
As far back as 2005, the Washington Post had identified this ‘Iraq syndrome.’ In an article exploring the record of then outgoing US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the newspaper asserted: “Whenever Rumsfeld finally packs up his office at the Pentagon, he will leave behind an even more burdensome Iraq syndrome - the renewed, nagging and sometimes paralyzing belief that any large-scale US military intervention abroad is doomed to practical failure and moral iniquity.”
Ten years later, with an Islamic version of the Khmer Rouge in the shape of the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) running rampant across Syria and Iraq, the present administration is reduced to conducting a desultory and, up to this point, impotent, air campaign against IS, which continues growing and increasing its grip on territory in Syria and Iraq.
The complexities of the Middle East are well known. The presence of the bulk of the world’s energy reserves has ensured the region’s status as the frontline in the struggle for and against US hegemony. At the same time, the multiple ethnic, confessional, and tribal identities that crisscross the region have long ensured it remains a potential powder keg, ready to explode if exacerbated.
Such an explosion took place with the NATO air war against the Gaddafi regime in Libya in 2011. Intended to ensure the Libyan phase of the Arab Spring landed safely upon the shores of Western geopolitical interests, the toppling of Gaddafi instead opened the gates of hell out of which have poured tens of thousands of primeval fanatics whose bloodlust knows no bounds.
Washington and its European allies have been unable to control the spread of this fanaticism, which has grown with the connivance of its regional allies – Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the various Gulf monarchies that together make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Obama’s decision not to proceed with planned airstrikes against the Syrian government in the aftermath of an alleged chemical weapons attack against a rebel-controlled Damascus suburb in 2013 left his credibility in tatters. Perceiving the president as weak, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been acting in pursuit of their own agendas, which means doing whatever it takes to stem Shia Iranian influence, and/or working to reassert Sunni domination region-wide.
The AIIB joins the New Development Bank that China also set up last year in partnership with Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa. Also known as the BRICS bank, it took its place alongside the pre-existing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) development bank as part of a new global financial infrastructure operating independently of Washington. The SCO has also established its own currency reserve to help cushion its members against financial shocks or crises, such as the one that emanated from the US financial system in 2008.
Taken together, we are able to chart the relative decline of US hegemony and unipolarity, unfolding economically, geopolitically, culturally and militarily. The dangers as this process unfolds are evident in the spread of extremism and fanaticism as regional allies increasingly pursue their own agendas, regardless of how damaging to US interests they may be in terms of sowing instability.
As with the Roman Empire centuries before it, Washington is learning that the only thing permanent in this world is impermanence, especially imperial power resting on foundations of hypocrisy and injustice.
Good.
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Jun 16, 2015 14:43
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- Toadvine
- Mar 16, 2009
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Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.
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wars were never dignified they were always bunches of dudes out in the middle of nowhere with shameful, shameful urges for their fellow soldiers.
There is no shame in taking care of the man next to you, whatever that may entail. War is inherently gay.
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Jun 16, 2015 15:13
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- pop fly to McGillicutty
- Feb 2, 2004
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A peckish little mouse!
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The crisis and chaos engulfing the Middle East and Ukraine is evidence of US imperial decline, as Washington learns the harsh lesson that no empire lasts forever.
In the wake of the Vietnam War - the end of which was marked by news footage of US personnel and a select few Vietnamese collaborators being evacuated from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon in 1975 - the United States entered a prolonged period of decline when it came to its ability to embark on major military operations.
For all the massive destructive power in its arsenal, the Vietnamese had exposed US imperialism as a giant with feet of clay. The name given to this period of hard power retreat was the ‘Vietnam syndrome’ and lasted from 1975 to 1991, when the US and an international coalition embarked on the First Gulf War to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.
We are witnessing a similar period of US imperial decline now with regard to Washington’s inability to stage large-scale military operations. It arrived as a consequence of the failed occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq, both of which achieved nothing except the eruption of terrorism and extremism across the region, and by extension the world.
The huge resources expended have further crippled Washington’s imperial power, while the fragmentation of social cohesion in the US itself – witnessed by the brutal treatment of the nation’s poor, migrants, and blacks - reveals a society that is close to imploding. The parallels with the sixties and seventies are clear in this regard.
As far back as 2005, the Washington Post had identified this ‘Iraq syndrome.’ In an article exploring the record of then outgoing US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the newspaper asserted: “Whenever Rumsfeld finally packs up his office at the Pentagon, he will leave behind an even more burdensome Iraq syndrome - the renewed, nagging and sometimes paralyzing belief that any large-scale US military intervention abroad is doomed to practical failure and moral iniquity.”
Ten years later, with an Islamic version of the Khmer Rouge in the shape of the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) running rampant across Syria and Iraq, the present administration is reduced to conducting a desultory and, up to this point, impotent, air campaign against IS, which continues growing and increasing its grip on territory in Syria and Iraq.
The complexities of the Middle East are well known. The presence of the bulk of the world’s energy reserves has ensured the region’s status as the frontline in the struggle for and against US hegemony. At the same time, the multiple ethnic, confessional, and tribal identities that crisscross the region have long ensured it remains a potential powder keg, ready to explode if exacerbated.
Such an explosion took place with the NATO air war against the Gaddafi regime in Libya in 2011. Intended to ensure the Libyan phase of the Arab Spring landed safely upon the shores of Western geopolitical interests, the toppling of Gaddafi instead opened the gates of hell out of which have poured tens of thousands of primeval fanatics whose bloodlust knows no bounds.
Washington and its European allies have been unable to control the spread of this fanaticism, which has grown with the connivance of its regional allies – Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the various Gulf monarchies that together make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Obama’s decision not to proceed with planned airstrikes against the Syrian government in the aftermath of an alleged chemical weapons attack against a rebel-controlled Damascus suburb in 2013 left his credibility in tatters. Perceiving the president as weak, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been acting in pursuit of their own agendas, which means doing whatever it takes to stem Shia Iranian influence, and/or working to reassert Sunni domination region-wide.
The AIIB joins the New Development Bank that China also set up last year in partnership with Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa. Also known as the BRICS bank, it took its place alongside the pre-existing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) development bank as part of a new global financial infrastructure operating independently of Washington. The SCO has also established its own currency reserve to help cushion its members against financial shocks or crises, such as the one that emanated from the US financial system in 2008.
Taken together, we are able to chart the relative decline of US hegemony and unipolarity, unfolding economically, geopolitically, culturally and militarily. The dangers as this process unfolds are evident in the spread of extremism and fanaticism as regional allies increasingly pursue their own agendas, regardless of how damaging to US interests they may be in terms of sowing instability.
As with the Roman Empire centuries before it, Washington is learning that the only thing permanent in this world is impermanence, especially imperial power resting on foundations of hypocrisy and injustice.
Good question, op.
However, you are an idiot. America is the Great Satan. We cannot be destroyed. We are the eternal fire of pure bloodlust. We shall overcome and obliterate all who stand before us and laugh as fools bow before our might. Hail Satan
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Jun 16, 2015 16:19
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- Young Freud
- Nov 26, 2006
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I'm the Thai aircraft carrier protecting Thailand from all its many powerful enemies.
TBH, it's been used mostly for disaster relief to the southern provinces rather quickly than any real type of military force projection, so they've gotten some use out of it. Apparently, having something that can barrel down the open sea in a couple days and sortie a bunch of helicopters off shore comes in handy when you're trying to deliver aid and evacuate civilians from flooded areas or the aftermath of a tsunami.
Also, that list is out of date. Britain retired its fixed-wing carriers and only has an amphibious assault ship right now. And, if it's including the amphibious assault ships of the United States, then Japan's 3 helicopter destroyers, South Korea's amphibious assault ship, and France's 3 Mistral-class ships would be included.
Young Freud fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Jun 16, 2015
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