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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
I HAVE A STUPID IDEA.... why not the USA and Russia and China cooperate then feed the world? get everyone health care and clean water and food etc... or would that not satisfy your blood lust and resentment?
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This is brilliant idea.
I do not have "blood lust" or "resentment". I am a Marine, but in my eyes a Marine avoids conflict but when conflict happens you go in with absolute and overwhelming force - very much in the "Three block war" concept where Marines could be required to conduct full scale military action, peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid all in three blocks. Marines don't want to hurt a fly but if required to they can physically go through someone.
I worked with Dating Factory and most of their tech staff was Russian and Ukrainian. Honestly, I was uncomfortable with this at first. However, after five years of working for Dating Factory I discovered that Russians are no different than Americans. We all want the same things, we just go about it in a different way. I am guessing Chinese are no different. Even people from the Middle East - we all want the same basic things... Family, security, home, health.
But when we go to war, we need to go to war. After the close of WWII there was complete devastation. NO ONE wanted the way to continue, which is why there was unconditional surrender. Tens of millions of people died, hundreds of millions were homeless, everyone was affected by this. This was not the case in Vietnam, or Afghanistan, or even Iraq - there was a lingering anger. It's very similar to how the Arabs feel about the Six Day War. According to the Arabs, they didn't lose the Six Day War. The Six Day War was just a "setback".
They just killed a journalist working for an American company. His killers flew in BEFORE he walked into the embassy. They chopped off his fingers during the "interview". Then they beheaded him. What are we going to do, fine them? Cancel an arms deal?