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.
Interesting new Mercedes- Benz commercial
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Imperious Leader '17 '16 '15 Organizer '14 Customizer '13 '12 '11 '10last edited by Aug 27, 2013, 12:10 AM
Hitler Alert!
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I thought it was humorous.
But I always had a bit of a twisted sense of humor. =^_^=
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Notice how the kid is laying in the shape of a swastika at the end.
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:P I didn’t see that, good catch!
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Not funny at all!!
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Meh. If it’s even real, it’s hilarious to think a company that profited off of Hitler’s aggression trying to profit of his reputation still.
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It probably isn’t real. Still kind of funny. German’s have zero humor about Adolf and Mercedes is a German company. Besides, didn’t Adolf drive a Rolls Royce?
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@Cmdr:
It probably isn’t real. Still kind of funny. German’s have zero humor about Adolf and Mercedes is a German company. Besides, didn’t Adolf drive a Rolls Royce?
A Mercedes-Benz model 770 – about seven of them in total, I think. The Canadian War Museum has one, which I’ve seen.
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The Beast out of the Sea -
" The dragon[a] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. 4 People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?” "
- Rev 13: 1-4
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Linkon, what does that have to do with the price of rice in China?
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Nobody declared adolf dead yet.
" One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. "
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Okay, I am going to go out on a limb here and say Uncle Adolf Hitler, the great and benevolent leader of the most evil regime ever to grace the face of the earth in living history, who was born on 20 April 1889 has probably died in the ensuing 124 years, if at least of old age.
Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand ‘Christian’ Mortensen (Denmark/USA, b. 16 August 18Â82, d. 25 April 1998) died aged 115 years 252 days. He is the only Nordic person to live beyond the age of 113.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/1/oldest-person-(male)
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@Cmdr:
Okay, I am going to go out on a limb here and say Uncle Adolf Hitler, the great and benevolent leader of the most evil regime ever to grace the face of the earth in living history, who was born on 20 April 1889 has probably died in the ensuing 124 years, if at least of old age.
It’s also safe to assume that, if perchance he’s managed to live this long, his current “table talk” informal monologues to his entourage are probably even more tedious and rambling than they were at the time of the Second World War.
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Nobody declared adolf dead yet.
" One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. "
Uh, he’s dead.
No need to quote a fairy tale to muddle the facts.
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let’s not start calling any person’s faith fairy tales. It’s somewhere the site admin does not want us to go and I can see nothing good coming from such a comment - discussion wise.
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