You’re correct about the current world we live in. I went to war to help our economic trading partners whose economies affected our own. Kuwait’s occupation did not directly affect us and despite the peaceful embargo threats, Saddam continued to assert his claim of rightful conquest. It was also our military stance after the ceasefire that prevented Saddam’s expansion and the embargoes embittered the Iraqis against us when we finally decided to dethrone him. History does not only consist of WW2 as an example. the same thing has been happening for millenia. Tibet and Kosovo are polar opposites of bellicose decisions. Rome fell from internal dissension and civil war when those energies could have been better spent keeping the borders secure in offensive actions. The problems we face now have always plagued empires. We just happen to be lucky enough to be somewhat isolated an our economic empire is falling apart due to our society’s inability to adapt to the fact that the world is changing.
We have to protect that empire and a soft and weak military will cause that economic empire to be taken advantage of. You can use post war Germany and Japan as examples of weak military and economic growth but remember that their economies were heavily subsidized by our military might protecting their trade from others who would take it from them. I’ll just mention the Ukraine for a contemporary example and you can research the history, both economically and politically and come to your own conclusion.
New Ceres Pictures…
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Note the interesting two white spots of which nobody knows what they are.
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OH sorry guys, I left the lights on again.
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You know, I saw an article on this and just passed up reading it because I figured it was going to be something stupid. That said, it is probably lens glare or something.
If not. Definitely Aliens.
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As if us primative humans know everything there is to know about light… YA RIGHT.
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Yesterday Iron Sky was on TV, I remembered this post and…
Cold shoudder… :-o -
That said, it is probably lens glare or something.
I was going to say swamp gas, but lens glare sounds more probable. Or lens flare, if this is another outer-space picture shot by J.J. Abrams.
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Maybe they are filming a Michael Bay Movie out there?
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Autobots roll out!
The Humans discovered our hidding space.
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I was going to say swamp gas, but lens glare sounds more probable.
Lens glare is not possible with the technology on that craft. The fact that they are two bright spots close together is interesting.
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@CWO:
I was going to say swamp gas, but lens glare sounds more probable. Or lens flare, if this is another outer-space picture shot by J.J. Abrams.
HA! Most probable!
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