Iraq isnt Iran though. the consquences are far far worse, and they know it. But as long as Iran pushes this nuclear program it could eventually be inevitable
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Iraq isnt Iran though. the consquences are far far worse, and they know it. But as long as Iran pushes this nuclear program it could eventually be inevitable
Well, it was certainly off the cuff. Not sure you realise what that means, though.
No problems so far...
Sigh. You were doing so well, too.
China hold no power over the US. It is true that the US borrow money from China in order to buy their products, but the whole point is they're BUYING the products. If China call the US in on their loans and force them to pay them, the US no longer have any money with which to spend on Chinese goods. Thus, any Chinese attempt to pull the rug out from beneath America results in a massive own-goal. It'd be economic suicide.
They definitely can, and they will. They're still the pre-eminent power in the world.
What the ****? You may be a student of politics but you need a history lesson. The Indian wars? Arguably the war of Independence? The Barbary wars? The Mexican-American war? The list goes on and on. Israel can expect, and will receive, backing from NATO.
Wahey for assumptions.
Can't argue with that.
And this is what is annoying me. I made one simple statement and you expand the argument into a whole range of other unrelated things. I pointed out that the Israeli military is one of the finest in the world, and that if they declared war on an adjacent nation, chances are they'd win handily.
Except you forget that not only do Israel manufacture their own weaponry to a high standard, but the Saudis would be on their side. The major difference is undoubtedly Israel's soldiers themselves, however: other nations in the region maintain small armies and conscript in times of war. Israel do the same, except their national service ensures that all men and women over the age of 18 are fully-trained soldiers, going through far more rigorous training than their opposite numbers.
We can only really go on examples in this situation, and the Six Day War is as good as an example as any. When Israel can beat three nations who vastly outnumber it in six days, you can tell how lethal the Israelis are.
Boo, hiss.
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This isn't exactly the right place to put this, but does anyone perspective a US vs China war along the line? The 1st and the 2nd global economies, with this crisis, it might lead to war, altough the Chinese are relatively peaceful, but their millitary has been developing and if they want to assemble a good army, they HAVE it, if they went to have people on the inside of the countries, for intel, they have it, since there are so many chinese worldwide... Might be scary.
They have no reason to fight each other. The Chinese would get steamrolled anyway.
Joel' is unimpressed by the gaps in your economics knowledge. JOEL' SMASH
Either that or a deeply undercover attack on the British education system.
Not really. If people are going to quote somewhere you study to make you more credible, it's generally people who are at oxbridge/harvard/princeton etc.
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They both need other much more than they'd like to admit. Don't see it.
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Might be true Joel, and there is no apparent reason, no oil, no terrorism between, but it is quite uncertain I must say. But well there are many many economic ties and that may limit the possibilities .
Why is it uncertain? They have reasons not to fight each other, but none to fight each other. As many wars as the US has been in, they don't start wars for nothing.
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Trade. And China are beginning to calm down in recent years, they're achieving immense economic growth, and they'll maintain it and become the #1 economy if they keep their relations with the world on good terms.
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Not for nothing, but they're quite abundant. The uncertainty of the question lies inside economic and financial factors only. No more.
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Well China doesn't have an agressive past, they don't invade other countries , contrairly to another asian country Japan (which I greatly admire and love) . But well, never say never. the only real dependable thing about the future is uncertainty^^
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Well China doesn't have an agressive past, they don't invade other countries , contrairly to another asian country Japan (which I greatly admire and love) . But well, never say never. the only real dependable thing about the future is uncertainty^^
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So the US have put a blockade on the Iranian airline allegedly responsible for the ferrying of the suspects... seems reasonable.
If they escalate sanctions beyond that I'll probably agree with everyone who's said this is merely a filthy charade.
If they escalate sanctions beyond that I'll probably agree with everyone who's said this is merely a filthy charade.
No, for this to happen things would have to have gone terribly terribly wrong on all accounts. Chances are so so small right now
They'll escalate sanctions anyway on the nuclear issue (not because of this i should add)