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The American Empire Is Coming To An End

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by resisting arrest, Jul 29, 2021.

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  1. Dayton3

    Dayton3 Well-Known Member

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    Utterly ridiculous

    Revolutionary War?- The U.S. didn't even exist then. And the colonists didn't go to England and kill British to begin the war.
    Civil War?- The U.S. didn't shell Fort Sumter, Confederate forces did.
    Korean War?- The North Koreans swarmed over the border into South Korea before the U.S. ever did a thing to them.
    Vietnam War- too complicated to blame the U.S.
    Iraq? Iraq invaded Kuwait, everything thereafter is their responsibility.
    Afghanistan?- The Afghans supported the terrorists to attacked on 9-11.

    You need to read some history instead of just drinking the liberal koolaide.
     
    Dayton3, Jul 30, 2021
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    Rampart Banned

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    you are quibbling again.

    i'm sure that is well understood in the colonies. the cia is americans with guns on an american base. .
     
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  3. Soupnazi

    Soupnazi Well-Known Member

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    The CIA is not the military and we have no colonies.

    Massive failure for you
     
    Soupnazi, Jul 30, 2021
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    Soupnazi Well-Known Member

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    Wrong.

    The civil war was started by the CSA.

    The Korean war and vietnam war were both started by the communists.

    Iraq and afghanistan are arguable, The Revolutionary war was started before the founding of the US

    You fail massively
     
    Soupnazi, Jul 30, 2021
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  5. Dayton3

    Dayton3 Well-Known Member

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    You do know that the CIA is not a military force by any measure don't you? That is a fact.
     
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    Since we have never had an empire, there is nothing to end.
     
    Chrizton, Jul 30, 2021
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    Precious metals do well in times of inflation, everyone knows this. If you could find someone to take your silver dime for a gallon of gas you' be a fool to make that transaction.

    Not many people actually own silver, it's not legal tender anymore. What is legal tender is OUR Fiat Dollar, and it takes almost 27.5 of them to buy what (1) one would buy in 1913. That's 3.11% inflation annually (avg) or nearly 2650% cumulatively. Which means most AmeriCANs have had a negative wage growth, year over year, since the 70's. Or less than 0%, which was my point. :roll:
     
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  8. ToddWB

    ToddWB Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Look at his avatar.. I think you can guess the kind of ... uh.. entity with which you are dealing.


    In other sentiments
    Praying we meet in the hereafter.. you may get there before me (and maybe not) if so, please put in a good word for me.. as I will ask theLord, for you
     
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    That's debatable. The US doesn't appear to be an empire in the classical sense, but residents of Puerto Rico may disagree. It can be argued that everything outside the original 13 colonies was empirical expansion.

    I get your point, and I basically agree with it, but let's not ignore the truth.
     
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    Read the OP.
    American empire.
    It started as an immigrant empire.
    Without immigrants, there's no USA.

    Even today, immigrants are needed to sustain our economy growing.
     
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  11. Dayton3

    Dayton3 Well-Known Member

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    The U.S. did not colonize Puerto Rico
     
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  12. dairyair

    dairyair Well-Known Member

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    Lol.
    We went to war for political reasons. Not invited.
     
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    dairyair Well-Known Member

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    How?
    You admit 2 are possible.
    Neither Korea or Vietnam invited us.
     
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    They most certianly did invite us.

    Possibilities exist yes but your list had many historic fallacies.
     
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    yea, i know, just a peaceful little tour group that only does an occasional waterboarding.
     
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    I believe the pot and the kettle had a similar exchange. This thread is an example of being consumed. Youtube has enough content for flat earthers, Marxists, and others to live their lives down in the rabbit hole.

    Successful people with fulfilling lives are not consumed by this nonsense.
     
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    I did. It says
    The downward death spiral of the American Empire seems unstoppable. Good riddance to this empire which has cause much suffering around the world. The downsideis that many innocent people will suffer in the U.S.

    I missed the part about immigration. Why don't you read the OP?
     
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    Look for it to get much much worse under the current hunta of blithering idiots. The GOP has to retake the House in 2022 and begin to restore sanity to the Federal government.
     
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    Not entirely correct. In the early days of the Afghanistan war, the CIA worked with an alliance of northern Afghan war lords to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda. It was a CIA-Special Operations mix. While most of the CIA is simply analysis, there are field officers involved in liaison with local factions to influence them to move in the direction of U.S. interests. It was true during the Vietnam War throughout SE Asia, true in the Middle East, true in Central and South America.
     
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    Pol Pot was out to create the perfect society. You can't create the perfect society with the imperfect people we have to work with. Idealism has killed more people than corruption.
     
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    Hypocrisy is the glue of civilization.
     
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    Korean War was fully authorized by the United Nations.
     
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  23. Dayton3

    Dayton3 Well-Known Member

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    That's NOT a "CIA military" though.
     
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    stone6 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    True...that's why I wrote "not entirely correct."
     
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    Civil War. UN involvement for humanitarian reasons. Not US started

    Iraq aggression towards Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Isreal started this. US did not get involved initially except to protect our allies sovereignty. US not the aggressor.

    Afghanistan Taliban attacked US soil, and thus actions taken there were in response. US not the aggressor.

    Started as civil war for power and resources. US initially entered on a humanitarian basis. US not the aggressor

    Yet another middle eastern Civil War. US not the aggressor

    Again, our response to Taliban hiding in Pakistan. This is resulting from the 9/11 attacks. US not the aggressor


    That's another civil war.

    Is there actually an instance in which the US was the aggressor and started a war or conflict?
     
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