One NATO country acting on his own could break the alliance apart. The US know that, and that's why it went to great lengths such as lying, deceiving, and presenting false evidence to back Iraq's invasion. No one will fall for that again, and many NATO countries are in a middle of a economic crysis.
American troops do it every day in foreign countries, for nothing. What would you expect? Are you saying a iraqui life worths less than an american one? Or, now that is closer to home, you suddenly started to care?
It's simple, really - stop meddling in other's affairs to cover your asses or defend your big corporations. And give it a decade or so, so people forget what has been done. Do you fear Iran's political and military views? If you are an american, you should - the british and the american financed the change of regime on a foreign nation that lead to today's extremist leadeship, Keep in mind this is no backwater country - the iranians are the descendants of one of the oldest civilizations, so they actually have been around a long time and have seen nations rise and fall.
The Iran "problem" was actually created by americans when they financed a change of regime some decades ago. Now the problem is being escalated in the media, given that Iran IS a real threat to Israel, and to some american interests (they are a major oil producer, and they voiced more than once the need to change the default oil quotation from the dollar to another strong currency - if that happened, I kid you not - the USA economy would collapse within 3 years, and everyone outside with it). Bear in mind that Iran has public support from Russia, China, and (at least) Venezuela, and silent support from several arab nations. China actually owns part of USA by means of national debt (something america's sensasionalist media forget about), and the EU has no interest whatsoever in interfering in Russian affairs (not only Russia is the next big market, but they are the major gas supplier of many countries in Europe). The NATO will probably join in, given they're an american funded operation . most member countries will sign up if it means they can lose their NATO funding.
While some european countries have prospered greatly with american funds on the post-WWII , the "american dream" is a part of the lie sold to the people. You can be a rich and prosper nation in any market - given you have no competition, and many of the big traditional american companies were built on profit from reconstruction of Europe and defense contracts. No money is for free, not even in America.
You should get your news straight, son. No one mentioned closing nothing, except the american sensasionalist media. And even on that scenario, I'm not so shure the Strait of Hormuz are international waters, and Iran itself IS a big oil producer with major support from other oil and gas producers (Russia and China), so I wouldn't count on a big military parade just yet.
FYI the countries who's signing your welfare check are Iran's allies (China and arab nations). So there you have it. Go get drunk and leave the political talk to the adults, ok?
The RoHS directive is a bad example - the scope of the law is blind and the legislators had no care for business depending on specific products. Not that I'm criticizing the EU regulation process - I think globally it's an example of civility and a monument to what the people (and politicians) can achieve when working together. I just despise some abortions of a legislation, and RoHS (which, it should be mentioned, actually forced international manufacturers into dumping dangerous chemicals in the production of a ton of products worldwide, because it is easier to have 1 expensive production line than multiple lines - many electronic equipment sold today in the USA are lead-free and mercury-free because EU legislation, and not because the USA requires it) and REEE are two examples of the EU legislation at its worst.
When the portuguese abandoned the territory, Indonesia invaded and some took refugee in the mountains and kept a guerrilla war for over 20 years with barely nothing. When the international community caught hand about the human rights violations, Indonesia retreated, and the guerrilla leader was elected president. Somewhat the same happened in Angola also.
If you think Iran is much like Afghanistan, you are, to put it bluntly, mistaken. have the US fire the first missile against Iran, and what you know of the modern world stops. Not only because of oil, but also many many arabian interests in the US are on the line. You know, the same guys who fled away during a country.wide lockdown.
Iraq was a high valuable ally for decades, that kept Iran in check. That is gone now, not because an Irqui has struck american interests, but because a saudi has. Yes it makes no sense, an will seem sillly why will keep on going the same route until they determine their own interference has caused the problem, And that will never happend.
The problem with american warfare is guerrila warfare.The infantry can't/won't act without air support. They have the "one man one screw" mentality, so it is acceptable to have some screws lost in a battle if it will win resources.
The backlash of a US attack would be huge. Not only because the Iranians (as every other nation) has the right to defend themselves against foreign attacks, but they'd need also a NATO approval. They do control NATO, but they don't control most of the fuel sources used on NATO interventions. Lybia is still pulling their shit together, so - like it or not - Iran isn't an available target, unless you like world demise. Most politicians don't.
If you worry about Iran, you should worry about the influence of traditional muslim monarchies have in american politics and economy. And how some asian countries (such as China) are actively buying you and your companies.
The problem everyone sees is the same - the political tides are changing, and what we trusted as the EU may not continue to be much longer. EU is not USA (with god's bless, for those who are believers), but for the rest of us, the economic groups are "buying " the government at sale. There isn't "we the people", you have "we the buyers". I'm from Portugal, I have friends working in Spain, I buy stuff from major spanish outlets, and I receive this kind of news as a warning sign (specially considering the internet access ratio and coverage of population.
The plead itself can be embarrasing for the country, and - if found guilty - the fines won't be light. National courts will have greater fear of being discredited by an international authority than compromising their relationship with the (ever-changing) government. Even if they stick with it, Spain can be easily kept in the "digital stone age" while other countries progress by their example.
The corporate media is an outlet of financial interests. Any rigourous report of the state of the federal reserve or government spending would be catastrophic to anyone who's investing in the american market. When the shit hits the fan you'll know what I'm talking about, if you don't know it already.
If a president of a country, elected by the people or nominated by their peers, addressed the nation explaining with reasonable argument why they should close A or B, the people would listen and act accordingly. If you think people are dumb, your are absolutely right, but that's how we (most of the western world) got into democracy in the first place.
The funny thing is, Americans should keep mind that legislation is written by congress, not the president. Changing the president isn't enough when the congress is in the pocket of the usual companies, and specially if the law is laxing in that regard. While lobbying is a recognized job and accepted practice, US citizens will NEVER have the power to fight corporations. And the funny thing is, some think occupying public property (buyed and payed by some of them) will somewhat change that.
He could release a singing statement, it's all the same. He can't enforce law without approval (I'm an european and even I know that), and 1) he was naive and tought he could do it; or 2) he told the people what they wanted to hear so he could be elected.
So, that's the whole story? A guy becomes a martyr after allegedly being shot by the authorities? Because american soldiers create ten-a-day of those abroad. What, when it happens in your doorstep you suddendly care? I'm not in favor of terrorism (in any way or form), but the american people as a whole has done nothing to prevent this kind of behaviour. Do you think "everyone" hates americans because you think you have it all? Think again. The USA could have spared the lives of most the USA military deaths since the 70's, could have spared the country to a crisis they actually built upon themselves, if they stopped messing around with foreign interests. Do you know WHY the intervention in Iraq was done? Do you know WHY everytime Iran tests a missile is like a 3rd world war, but when north korea or china test nuclear weapons is all fair and game? Because Asia owns your ass, and that's about it.
Shure, the argument "they started it" is new and valid. For you and for everyone that modded you up. It has been used over a milllenia to justify the most atrocious things you can think of. But hey, you hipsters are all against Hitler! Why? He tried to be polite and informative too. And then he took action. Yeah, it's not the same when someone questions YOUR values and what YOU think is the truth ans ask YOU what should be done. YOU are a fair and righteous deity.
Funny thing, TCP/IP doesn't require DNS at all to work. The most used operating system in desktop can use multiple name resolution schemes, and more often than not, DNS isn't even a simple option (think samba servers with windows clients, using wins). So if you think you're safe because internet uses a specific name resolution protocol, think again. Things can change fast if needed (both ways).
The notion that free market translates to fair game (where similar products are pitched according to their merits) is absolute nonsense. Free market means you can have the same attention span from people (and opportunities) for your backwater project as major brands do - for a price. And there's nothing wrong with it, because it is far more just than the alternative.
Dictatorship has nothing to do with concentration of wealth and power. Both are consequences of dictatorship, but nor percursors. Most examples still in power today acquired power by military intervention and concentrated wealth by keeping the regime, and not the other way around.
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One NATO country acting on his own could break the alliance apart. The US know that, and that's why it went to great lengths such as lying, deceiving, and presenting false evidence to back Iraq's invasion. No one will fall for that again, and many NATO countries are in a middle of a economic crysis.
No, what I said is "everything will remain the same, because of technicalities". And US legislation has no power in Europe.
American troops do it every day in foreign countries, for nothing. What would you expect? Are you saying a iraqui life worths less than an american one? Or, now that is closer to home, you suddenly started to care?
It's simple, really - stop meddling in other's affairs to cover your asses or defend your big corporations. And give it a decade or so, so people forget what has been done. Do you fear Iran's political and military views? If you are an american, you should - the british and the american financed the change of regime on a foreign nation that lead to today's extremist leadeship, Keep in mind this is no backwater country - the iranians are the descendants of one of the oldest civilizations, so they actually have been around a long time and have seen nations rise and fall.
The Iran "problem" was actually created by americans when they financed a change of regime some decades ago. Now the problem is being escalated in the media, given that Iran IS a real threat to Israel, and to some american interests (they are a major oil producer, and they voiced more than once the need to change the default oil quotation from the dollar to another strong currency - if that happened, I kid you not - the USA economy would collapse within 3 years, and everyone outside with it). Bear in mind that Iran has public support from Russia, China, and (at least) Venezuela, and silent support from several arab nations. China actually owns part of USA by means of national debt (something america's sensasionalist media forget about), and the EU has no interest whatsoever in interfering in Russian affairs (not only Russia is the next big market, but they are the major gas supplier of many countries in Europe). The NATO will probably join in, given they're an american funded operation . most member countries will sign up if it means they can lose their NATO funding.
While some european countries have prospered greatly with american funds on the post-WWII , the "american dream" is a part of the lie sold to the people. You can be a rich and prosper nation in any market - given you have no competition, and many of the big traditional american companies were built on profit from reconstruction of Europe and defense contracts. No money is for free, not even in America.
You should get your news straight, son. No one mentioned closing nothing, except the american sensasionalist media. And even on that scenario, I'm not so shure the Strait of Hormuz are international waters, and Iran itself IS a big oil producer with major support from other oil and gas producers (Russia and China), so I wouldn't count on a big military parade just yet.
FYI the countries who's signing your welfare check are Iran's allies (China and arab nations). So there you have it. Go get drunk and leave the political talk to the adults, ok?
The RoHS directive is a bad example - the scope of the law is blind and the legislators had no care for business depending on specific products. Not that I'm criticizing the EU regulation process - I think globally it's an example of civility and a monument to what the people (and politicians) can achieve when working together. I just despise some abortions of a legislation, and RoHS (which, it should be mentioned, actually forced international manufacturers into dumping dangerous chemicals in the production of a ton of products worldwide, because it is easier to have 1 expensive production line than multiple lines - many electronic equipment sold today in the USA are lead-free and mercury-free because EU legislation, and not because the USA requires it) and REEE are two examples of the EU legislation at its worst.
When the portuguese abandoned the territory, Indonesia invaded and some took refugee in the mountains and kept a guerrilla war for over 20 years with barely nothing. When the international community caught hand about the human rights violations, Indonesia retreated, and the guerrilla leader was elected president. Somewhat the same happened in Angola also.
If you think Iran is much like Afghanistan, you are, to put it bluntly, mistaken. have the US fire the first missile against Iran, and what you know of the modern world stops. Not only because of oil, but also many many arabian interests in the US are on the line. You know, the same guys who fled away during a country.wide lockdown.
Iraq was a high valuable ally for decades, that kept Iran in check. That is gone now, not because an Irqui has struck american interests, but because a saudi has. Yes it makes no sense, an will seem sillly why will keep on going the same route until they determine their own interference has caused the problem, And that will never happend.
The problem with american warfare is guerrila warfare.The infantry can't/won't act without air support. They have the "one man one screw" mentality, so it is acceptable to have some screws lost in a battle if it will win resources.
The backlash of a US attack would be huge. Not only because the Iranians (as every other nation) has the right to defend themselves against foreign attacks, but they'd need also a NATO approval. They do control NATO, but they don't control most of the fuel sources used on NATO interventions. Lybia is still pulling their shit together, so - like it or not - Iran isn't an available target, unless you like world demise. Most politicians don't.
If you worry about Iran, you should worry about the influence of traditional muslim monarchies have in american politics and economy. And how some asian countries (such as China) are actively buying you and your companies.
They are paying for it now as it is.It'd called external debt.
The problem everyone sees is the same - the political tides are changing, and what we trusted as the EU may not continue to be much longer. EU is not USA (with god's bless, for those who are believers), but for the rest of us, the economic groups are "buying " the government at sale. There isn't "we the people", you have "we the buyers". I'm from Portugal, I have friends working in Spain, I buy stuff from major spanish outlets, and I receive this kind of news as a warning sign (specially considering the internet access ratio and coverage of population.
The plead itself can be embarrasing for the country, and - if found guilty - the fines won't be light. National courts will have greater fear of being discredited by an international authority than compromising their relationship with the (ever-changing) government. Even if they stick with it, Spain can be easily kept in the "digital stone age" while other countries progress by their example.
No, not really. Check East Timor recent history as an example.
The corporate media is an outlet of financial interests. Any rigourous report of the state of the federal reserve or government spending would be catastrophic to anyone who's investing in the american market. When the shit hits the fan you'll know what I'm talking about, if you don't know it already.
If a president of a country, elected by the people or nominated by their peers, addressed the nation explaining with reasonable argument why they should close A or B, the people would listen and act accordingly. If you think people are dumb, your are absolutely right, but that's how we (most of the western world) got into democracy in the first place.
The funny thing is, Americans should keep mind that legislation is written by congress, not the president. Changing the president isn't enough when the congress is in the pocket of the usual companies, and specially if the law is laxing in that regard. While lobbying is a recognized job and accepted practice, US citizens will NEVER have the power to fight corporations. And the funny thing is, some think occupying public property (buyed and payed by some of them) will somewhat change that.
He could release a singing statement, it's all the same. He can't enforce law without approval (I'm an european and even I know that), and 1) he was naive and tought he could do it; or 2) he told the people what they wanted to hear so he could be elected.
So, that's the whole story? A guy becomes a martyr after allegedly being shot by the authorities? Because american soldiers create ten-a-day of those abroad. What, when it happens in your doorstep you suddendly care? I'm not in favor of terrorism (in any way or form), but the american people as a whole has done nothing to prevent this kind of behaviour. Do you think "everyone" hates americans because you think you have it all? Think again. The USA could have spared the lives of most the USA military deaths since the 70's, could have spared the country to a crisis they actually built upon themselves, if they stopped messing around with foreign interests. Do you know WHY the intervention in Iraq was done? Do you know WHY everytime Iran tests a missile is like a 3rd world war, but when north korea or china test nuclear weapons is all fair and game? Because Asia owns your ass, and that's about it.
Shure, the argument "they started it" is new and valid. For you and for everyone that modded you up. It has been used over a milllenia to justify the most atrocious things you can think of. But hey, you hipsters are all against Hitler! Why? He tried to be polite and informative too. And then he took action. Yeah, it's not the same when someone questions YOUR values and what YOU think is the truth ans ask YOU what should be done. YOU are a fair and righteous deity.
Funny thing, TCP/IP doesn't require DNS at all to work. The most used operating system in desktop can use multiple name resolution schemes, and more often than not, DNS isn't even a simple option (think samba servers with windows clients, using wins). So if you think you're safe because internet uses a specific name resolution protocol, think again. Things can change fast if needed (both ways).
The notion that free market translates to fair game (where similar products are pitched according to their merits) is absolute nonsense. Free market means you can have the same attention span from people (and opportunities) for your backwater project as major brands do - for a price. And there's nothing wrong with it, because it is far more just than the alternative.
Dictatorship has nothing to do with concentration of wealth and power. Both are consequences of dictatorship, but nor percursors. Most examples still in power today acquired power by military intervention and concentrated wealth by keeping the regime, and not the other way around.