9/18 Why don't we ever talk about a regime change in USSR back in the
80s or a regime change in China/Paki/India? Do we talk about regime
\- why would the us have been
interested in a regime change
in India? A better example is
why was the "if you are not with
us you are against us" thinking
applied to say FRANCE when they
refused to allow the USA planes
to fly over french airspace on
the way to bombing Libya.
ok merci. --psb
\_ French Embassy in Tripoli.
Multimillion dollar super
hi-tech laser guided smart
bombs. "Accidental" bomb
hits. -John
\_ Known as "whoops, sorry!"
change only when we are able to kick the shit out of them militarily?
\_ We tried. We actually tried to stop the
communist revolution in USSR in the 1920's. We tried to stop
the communist in China in the 1940's. We tried to stop the
communist in Vietnam in the 1970's. We did managed to change
regime in Iran, Guatamola, Zaire, and Afghanstan. Unfortunately,
all the regime we installed were extremely brutal in terms of
human right abuses (Iran's Sha, Zaire's Sese Seko). Communist
of course, is absolute evil which we had to crush, even if that
this pithy statement.Please enlighten us about
means the alternative are European Imperial Colonist or Islam
Fundamentalist.
\_ He read it in the Daily Cal.
\_ Just lesser evils. One old and dying, the other new and soon to
be crushed.
\_ That's obvious. Why would you ever say something about someone
who could kick your ass?
\_ Wow, how clueless and naive. Welcome to the motd!
\_ AFAIK we did talk about regime change in the 80's with the
Soviet Union. It was this little thing called the 'Cold War'.
\_ There weren't any talks about regime changes through a
preemptive action.
\_ LOL, you win the most uninformed comment of the week
award. On what historical basis do you make
this pithy statement. Please enlighten us about
Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Isreal, Angola, Mozambique, Chile
Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Poland, Germany... Thanks. |