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[Big John Stud]

I pretty much agree with most of what womblingfree wrote but would like to add.

What country has benefited most by bush's unjust invasion and occupation of Iraq?
China! Since the invasion there has been almost no mention of human right violations in Tibet. China has also recently past a law that if Taiwan formally declares independents, China has the right to invade.

When Saddam Hussein's Sunni regime was in power, Iraq and Iran kept themselves in check having fought a 10 year gruesome war. But now thanks for Bush's unjust invasion and occupation, Iraq's majority Shi'a Muslim have taken power. Shi'a Muslim are also in power in Iran so basically Bush eliminated one of Iran's worst enemies. Now all Iran has to do is worry about the U.S. Great White Satan, and Israel.

There is speculations that another reason why Iran is now pursuing nuclear weapons besides not having to worry around Iraq is how quickly the U.S. invaded Iraq. KIM Jong Il has along claimed to have weapons of mass destruction even when Saddam Hussein was honestly saying he did not have such nor was he trying to develop such weapons. North Korea has been alleged to be involved with making counterfeit dollars, drug and weapon trading yet who does the U.S. invade?

Bush and his republican party has made the world more dangerous! The sad thing is that many democrats did not try to stop the invasion either. Amazing how the most powerful country in the world could be run by so many people and have so many citizens who ignorant about the international community.

[MrCAPiTUL]

John, for what it is worth, they are ignorant about his domestic policy, too. He hasn't done very well on the home front, either. He couldn't run a business and he can't run a country. Granted, a big portion of his first term was the after math of Clinton, much in the same way that the first term of the next president will be the after math of Bush, etc.

That is what truly amazed me - that he legitimately won a 2nd term in office after everything was said and done. That spoke volumes about the current state of this nation, I think. He was reelected.

Some people said, Kerry doesn't stand for anything (and they were right, he wasn't a great candidate either) and at least with Bush we know what we are getting. To them I said, yeah, you are getting a bunch of bullshit. You KNOW what Bush's agenda is and how horribly he runs the country. The next guy could, possibly be worse (meaning kerry, at the time) but he may be a hell of a lot better, too. Yet the majority chose to stick with Bush. Now, that same majority is furious with him. Even though he hasn't done ANYTHING different than he did in his first term in office! Kinda sad, actually.

[womblingfree]

[jc1977]

Everything you need to know about Kim Jong Il you can find in Team America: World Police. Those guys weren't too far off with their depiction.

And way back in the thread, I saw someone claim India will eventually be a superpower ... please. India is so poor and overpopulated they'll never be in the game.

[womblingfree]

[Nismo]

On a sidenote, with all of the N. Korea developments, are (some of) the Japanese still whinging about American troop presence in Japan?

[womblingfree]

[PAULH]

[Like a Rolling Stone]

[Captain Onigiri]

[Like a Rolling Stone]

I agree with everyone. We don"t need guns and bombs. Make love not war!

[whatthefunk]

the lack of care in the younger generations of japanese frightens me. they all agree that north korea is very scary, but unless north korea can be destroyed with shopping, excentric hair styles, or models of anime characters, they really dont seem to care.
"i see your 7 missles, and raise you a guchi bag and an electrocuted beaver on my head!!"
and what worries me more is that the LDP is gradually chipping away at the no war clause of the constitution... こわい。。。

[Cshannon]

[Big John Stud]

Cshannon wrote:

Big John Stud wrote: Bush and his republican party has made the world more dangerous! The sad thing is that many democrats did not try to stop the invasion either. Amazing how the most powerful country in the world could be run by so many people and have so many citizens who ignorant about the international community. Not out to defend anyone here.. but to suggest that the Bush administration is "ignorant" of what they are doing is an awfully big stretch. They may not care about the feelings of the rest of the world (one of the 'perks' of being the sole superpower), but that doesn't mean they are not fully aware of just about everything that goes on. American intelligence is by far the best funded in the world, and it's extremely doubtful you've pointed out anything 'revolutionary' or 'hidden' here that hasn't been thought of by the American government ad nauseum. They have their own agenda, and while mistakes may or may not have been made while pursuing it (remember the whole WMD thing turned to be a blatant lie, not a mistake), I'm sure they have their reasons for invading Iraq (my guess being for the oil, as well as setting up a permanent American military presence in Iraq to further confine Iran and Saudi Arabia), but we only have the media to go by. In other words we simply aren't privy to the sort of high-level intelligence involved in power-politics (or at least not until well after the fact), only the powerful and elite are. But the American gov't is not stupid, or ignorant for that matter. They wouldn't be so dominant if they were. They call the shots, we just get to wait and see what happens. The best we can do at the moment is guess why.

I am not arguing with you! Pretty much what you wrote is probably true. I just want to explain what I meant by being ignorant and how the bush adminstration is miss using their power.

They should of known invading and occupying Iraq was going to be a mess. I new Iraqis would resort to guerrilla fighting once the U.S. took over Iraq. And once minority Sunnis were out of power, Iraq and Iran would become friends. What were they thinking. That Iraqis were going to heal to the U.S.?

Lincoln once said fighting one war at a time is one too many. Never start a second war! What did Bush do? Now the U.S. military is stretched too thin. And the cost of these wars!

Thanks to Bush Osama is doing exactly what Che wanted to do. Have a bunch of Vietnams around the world.

[Cshannon]