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Enemies of the United States (1 Viewer)
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FUBAR
Footballguy
Don't forget these guys
Austria....Australia...I am sure there is a segment of the population who has no clue they are different countries. I was surprised it was only 1%.Well they were allies of Nazi Germany.
mon
(T)ool
ditto
OK, I see where you're coming from. However, you cannot really call Austria an ally either since it did not exist following the invasion and annexation by Hitler in 1938 (Anschluss).Austria....Australia...I am sure there is a segment of the population who has no clue they are different countries. I was surprised it was only 1%.Well they were allies of Nazi Germany.
timschochet
Footballguy
No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too
Boom goes London and boom Paris
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono babe
And there'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too
Boom goes London and boom Paris
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono babe
And there'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
Gigantomachia
Footballguy
Pretty sure America is the biggest threat to America.
timschochet
Footballguy
"We have met the enemy and he is us"- Pogo.
flufhed
Footballguy
Military threats:IranIraq in the coming yearsChinaPakistanRussiaNorth KoreaMaybe VenezuelaIdeological threatsakistanNorth KoreaIranMaybe VenezuelaMaybe CubaAfghanistan has the potential SyriaEgyptCultural threats:IranPakistanSaudi ArabiaCanadaNorth KoreaMaybe IraqEconomically:ChinaVenezuela (control of western hemisphere oil)IndiaRussiaSaudi ArabiaMaybe S. KoreaSo I'll vote Iran and North Korea. Biggest potential threats are China, Pakistan and Russia. None of them are our enemy per say, put Pakistan could turn quickly and China and Russia should not be discounted in entering future conflicts on the opposite end of the seesaw. I would enter the EU but unless one or more of the countries became unstable, I only see them as a moderate economic threat. But if Europe is making money, we probably are, too.
Although I added Venezuala and China as actual enemies in the pole, because they suppoort our enemies.
Gigantomachia
Footballguy
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
Foosball God
Foos
Darth Cheney
Footballguy
North Korea and fundamentalists....they can either be religious(such as Islam) or political(such as the "Americans" that the government caught in Michigan). Everyone else wants to make money.
phthalatemagic
Footballguy
Do you really think militias are a threat to the US?
Darth Cheney
Footballguy
At times. It's more of the ideology than the the actual person. The potential is there. Certainly not on the level of North Korea and Islamic religious zealots though.
Phurfur
Footballguy
HERBERT THE HIPPO
REAL Ultimate Power
I'm sure you would vote for Israel if it were a choice......
HERBERT THE HIPPO
REAL Ultimate Power
I effin' knew Mr. anti-semite scumbag would be out in full force.....
Homer J Simpson
I don't push
Whole lotta paranoia in these poll results.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
I assumed he was talking about Nickelback.I assumed the Doctor from Detroit was a hockey fan.Slipped that one in to make sure everyone didn't have me on ignore. Took 39 minutes.
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
This
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
The good thing about the money-grubbers is that they need us alive.
videoguy505
Footballguy
America's Enemies:
Arnold Picker
Alexander Barkan
Ed Guthman
Maxwell Dane
Charles Dyson
Howard Stein
Allard Lowenstein
Morton Halperin
Leonard Woodcock
S. Sterling Munro, Jr.
Bernard Feld
Sidney Davidoff
John Conyers
Samuel Lambert
Stewart Rawlings Mott
Ronald Dellums
Daniel Schorr
S. Harrison Dogole
Paul Newman
Mary McGrory
timsochet
moops
chunky soup
perry147
choke
KCC
tommygunz
pantagrapher
fennis
sulla
mr ham
the fanatic
Matthias
tobias funke
cr8f
Arnold Picker
Alexander Barkan
Ed Guthman
Maxwell Dane
Charles Dyson
Howard Stein
Allard Lowenstein
Morton Halperin
Leonard Woodcock
S. Sterling Munro, Jr.
Bernard Feld
Sidney Davidoff
John Conyers
Samuel Lambert
Stewart Rawlings Mott
Ronald Dellums
Daniel Schorr
S. Harrison Dogole
Paul Newman
Mary McGrory
timsochet
moops
chunky soup
perry147
choke
KCC
tommygunz
pantagrapher
fennis
sulla
mr ham
the fanatic
Matthias
tobias funke
cr8f
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phthalatemagic
Footballguy
That's a little harsh, dude. I don't have a problem with Jewish people. I have a problem with a country that picks on people with less money and technology than them, just because they can. It's not nice.
Foosball God
Foos
You mean like the United States?That's a little harsh, dude. I don't have a problem with Jewish people. I have a problem with a country that picks on people with less money and technology than them, just because they can. It's not nice.
Fennis
Footballguy
Why would you say that? Do you know something we don't?:softball:
timschochet
Footballguy
I take note of the fact that I'm the first FFA poster you thought of, and also that you placed me alongside several other posters most of whom would describe themselves as liberal or progressive. Since I don't regard myself as either, this makes me a little curious.videoguy505 said:
Jewell
Footballguy
When is the last time we haven't had an "enemy"?
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Islamic terrorists for the past twenty years.
The Soviets and satellite nations the forty-five years before that.
The Axis Powers prior to that.
The Red Scare prior to that.
World War I prior to that.
The Yellow Peril prior to that...
I wonder if it's in our national DNA to need an enemy. And, if we don't have an enemy, I wonder if it's in our DNA to create one.
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Islamic terrorists for the past twenty years.
The Soviets and satellite nations the forty-five years before that.
The Axis Powers prior to that.
The Red Scare prior to that.
World War I prior to that.
The Yellow Peril prior to that...
I wonder if it's in our national DNA to need an enemy. And, if we don't have an enemy, I wonder if it's in our DNA to create one.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Rickey Martin's mission has been completed.
phthalatemagic
Footballguy
Yes. Like the United States.Foosball God said:
PeterSam
Footballguy
Been old news in the community since before the Barbara Walters fiasco of 2000, but still, viva!
Fennis
Footballguy
videoguy is channeling Nixon.
Happy Ragnarok
Footballguy
You're going to find yourself on a lot of black lists before the revolution comes. You're welcome to hide with me, and partake of my peace pipe.
Jaysus
Good times!
That would be a good title for my memoirs.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
I thought you had settled on "##### betta have my money."What happened?
moleculo
Footballguy
she prolly had it.
Corporation
Angry Bovine
I posted a link and everything on the first page
Voltaire
Footballguy
You may have been joking, but you are absolutely right. I don't feel threatened by any of these countries. It would take a serious global alliance to be anywhere close to the threat we saw from the Soviets. A lot of these countries have the potential to be that kind of threat some day. All of the BRIC nations and places already mentioned like Pakistan. But we should be making best friends with these countries. We need them to be closer to us than they are to one another. Obama would be super wise to make this his legacy. We can't suffer through the days of mismanaging foreign policy and abandoning diplomacy. We should really double down on the diplomatic front.We need to rid ourselves of the neo-cons (we had legitimate presidential candidates threaten to "take out" Mecca and propose to double the size of Gitmo) and fix our economic policies, but we've certainly got the tools to do that. Except one party can't do foreign policy and one party can't do economics. We are losing moderates that traditionally got the real job done. And people on the far left and the teapartiers are the big threats as they reward radicalism in politics. Good for fundraising, bad for governing.
The biggest threat to America is Washington D.C. We have and will have the largest economy for a long time, we have the best education system in the world (not counting low SES children-a point we would be wise to fix), and our newest generation is open to globalization, is the largest we've ever had, and is the most educated generation ever. We also dominate things like nanotechnology which are going to be the wave of the not-so-future. We shouldn't be threatened by any of these countries. I would argue that seeing them as "enemies" is the exact wrong way to go. We should try (and know we won't always be successful) to make them friends. That includes Cuba, Pakistan, Iran, and maybe even SK (albeit we're barking up the wrong tree on the last one).
The tales of our demise have been greatly exaggerated, if we are willing to do something about it.
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Saints-Man
Footballguy
How are these countries cultural threats?
bueno
In a class by himself
Pogo has it right. Our greatest enemies today are the ones within our own borders.
bueno
In a class by himself
If it is any consolation, I consider you too wishy-washy to be an enemy.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
How aren't they is the better question. Most of them are a 180 degree difference than American culture, especially Canada.Saints-Man said:
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roadkill1292
Footballguy
I could see making the argument that Canada is the bigger cultural threat than the others in that group. Much like the most popular parts of American culture seeps insidiously across the globe, some of the aspects of Canadian culture could provide alluring to Americans. Those others, not so much.In any case, though, I question the use of the word "threat." I don't feel very threatened by Canadian culture.
