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Started by Jacob, December 17, 2014, 12:17:45 PM

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jimmy olsen

#165
December 19, 2014, 01:15:48 AM
We should have just invaded the island after the USSR collapsed.
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Syt

#166
December 19, 2014, 01:22:43 AM
Him being the jingoist cripple that he is, and him being one of the main topic starters here on Languish, I nominate Tim to be awarded the Joseph Goebbels Memorial Plaque in Gold.
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Razgovory

#167
December 19, 2014, 02:00:17 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2014, 01:15:48 AM
We should have just invaded the island after the USSR collapsed.

Uh, why?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#168
December 19, 2014, 02:08:48 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 19, 2014, 02:00:17 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2014, 01:15:48 AM
We should have just invaded the island after the USSR collapsed.

Uh, why?
Would have been low cost and much more likely to succeed then our post-911 interventions.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Razgovory

#169
December 19, 2014, 02:19:50 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2014, 02:08:48 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 19, 2014, 02:00:17 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2014, 01:15:48 AM
We should have just invaded the island after the USSR collapsed.

Uh, why?
Would have been low cost and much more likely to succeed then our post-911 interventions.

That's not a good reason.  Or even a reason.  "It would be cheap" is not a reason to do things.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Zanza

#170
December 19, 2014, 02:25:08 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2014, 02:08:48 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 19, 2014, 02:00:17 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2014, 01:15:48 AM
We should have just invaded the island after the USSR collapsed.

Uh, why?
Would have been low cost and much more likely to succeed then our post-911 interventions.
It wouldn't be low cost for the people that would have died due to your nonchalant suggestion to invade another sovereign country for no particular reason.

CountDeMoney

#171
December 19, 2014, 03:12:08 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 19, 2014, 02:19:50 AM
That's not a good reason.  Or even a reason.  "It would be cheap" is not a reason to do things.

It's only 90 miles away, practically on our doorstep.  Just pretend FedEx left it there by accident.

Razgovory

#172
December 19, 2014, 03:26:40 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 19, 2014, 03:12:08 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 19, 2014, 02:19:50 AM
That's not a good reason.  Or even a reason.  "It would be cheap" is not a reason to do things.

It's only 90 miles away, practically on our doorstep.  Just pretend FedEx left it there by accident.

:lol:
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Syt

#173
December 19, 2014, 03:30:33 AM
And then a surly old Russian shows up and asks what happened to his island, cursing you to hell.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

jimmy olsen

#174
December 19, 2014, 08:04:15 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 19, 2014, 02:19:50 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2014, 02:08:48 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 19, 2014, 02:00:17 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 19, 2014, 01:15:48 AM
We should have just invaded the island after the USSR collapsed.

Uh, why?
Would have been low cost and much more likely to succeed then our post-911 interventions.

That's not a good reason.  Or even a reason.  "It would be cheap" is not a reason to do things.
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I was mostly just trolling.  -_-
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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garbon

#175
December 19, 2014, 08:43:49 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 19, 2014, 03:12:08 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 19, 2014, 02:19:50 AM
That's not a good reason.  Or even a reason.  "It would be cheap" is not a reason to do things.

It's only 90 miles away, practically on our doorstep.  Just pretend FedEx left it there by accident.

:)
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

viper37

#176
December 19, 2014, 10:43:17 AM Last Edit: December 19, 2014, 10:51:40 AM by viper37
Quote from: dps on December 17, 2014, 07:05:27 PM
The reason for the embargo was because of un-compensated seizure of property owned by US citizens and US-based companies.
Ok. thanks for reminding me of this. :)

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Now, I'm sure other countries have seized such property without compensation, but a lot of other countries that have had "revolutionary" governments have also had minimal US investment prior to their revolutions.  US investment in Cuba was pretty substantial.
Hmm, hasn't Venezuela seized a bunch of oil fields from various foreign companies?

Anyway, after 50 years, it might be time to cut your losses, and renew economic ties, in the hopes that maybe, it will offset the loss of seized property.
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derspiess

#177
December 19, 2014, 10:46:36 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 18, 2014, 07:03:40 PM
Says the Cheney Apologist!

:unsure:  Who dat?
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Siege

#178
December 19, 2014, 11:24:55 AM


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

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Ed Anger

#179
December 19, 2014, 11:29:31 AM
Quote from: Syt on December 19, 2014, 01:22:43 AM
Him being the jingoist cripple that he is, and him being one of the main topic starters here on Languish, I nominate Tim to be awarded the Joseph Goebbels Memorial Plaque in Gold.

:lol:
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