Afghanistan

regular.joe · 08-09-2013, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Who the fuck cares why they close or open embassies, except conspiracy theorists. The world keeps spinning around and there's a shitload of more important things to worry about.

Because Embassies are an instrument of our national power and influence overseas. Wether we want to admit it or not we are an international player and how we conduct business, how we are perceived, what we do or don't do and why we do what we do are important. We can't be an isolated entity, even if we want to be.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-10-2013, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by regular.joe

Because Embassies are an instrument of our national power and influence overseas. Wether we want to admit it or not we are an international player and how we conduct business, how we are perceived, what we do or don't do and why we do what we do are important. We can't be an isolated entity, even if we want to be.

That horseshit went out with sword fighting and knickers. Just because an embassy opens, or closes, doesn't mean it affects diplomatic communication with that country, for christ's sake. Yo, there's stuff in the sky that talks to places on the ground without pigeons.

Walmart opens and closes stores all the time.
Toyota opens and closes dealerships all the time.

Griff · 08-10-2013, 08:42 AM

Did you see where we cancelled Obama's one-to-one talks with Putin so we're having talks with Russia instead?

We do need to turn down our overseas operations. Our government is fully corrupted and we have to figure out how to reclaim it. Our fascist foreign policy is a big part of the problem, but Mussolini's influence goes far beyond that... If you are what you eat of late we've eaten fascists, communists, religious nutters, drug cartels, terrorists... We're all those things and more.

Lamplighter · 08-10-2013, 09:24 AM

Geesh Griff, I don't think things are quite that bad !!

Griff · 08-10-2013, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Geesh Griff, I don't think things are quite that bad !!

I need to stop reading the news.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-10-2013, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I need to stop reading the news.

No, you need to stop understanding the news.

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08-10-2013, 09:24 AM	#4
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Geesh Griff, I don't think things are quite that bad !!

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