Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 23:02, Ian D. Stewart wrote:
> On 2002.05.26 23:21 Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 21:42, Dale Hair wrote:
> > >
> > > > Actually, the USA was asked to help Australia in 1939. We had the
> > crap
> > > > bombed out of us. After Pearl Harbour the USA decided that Oz was
> > a
> > > > great place to base a lot of Operations.
> > >
> > > Most Americans tend to be isolationists and pacifists, it took Pearl
> > > Harbor to "awaken the sleeping giant". It actually created a giant
> > > "superpower" as we like to refer to ourselves. Then on Sept. 11 the
> > > giant awoke again. If something like 1939 were to happen again, we
> > will
> > > be there.
> >
> > Nothing like militaristic Nazi Germany will happen again
> > while the US is the lone "hyperpower".
>
> I wouldn't be so certain. It was the economic disaster and perpetual
> chip on the shoulder, directly attributable to post-World War I
> sanctions, that lead to the rise of the National Socialist Party.
> Don't know about you, but I'm keeping a close eye on both Pakistan and
> Saudi Arabia.
What can the Pakistani military do to the US? Maybe sink a
ship with one of it subs...
I'm not worried about Big Clashes Between Big Armies And Big
Navies, a la WW1, WW2 & Korea.
My 2 worries are:
1. Asymetric warfare (a.k.a. terrorism) against US interests
suck us into small wars that suddenly flash into bigger
regional conflicts.
2. Regional craziness.
Pakistan vs. India
Columbian civil war
PRC decides to kill the Golden Goose (ROC)
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