Well, as an European, I am really glad about what the American did on WW1 and 2 (of course, we also did things for you before, but nonetheless, that was great).
> any war we get into solely to defend Europe's interests is seen as "right" and any for our own "wrong"...
This is absolutely not true. The war in Afghanistan is seen as "right". The very very wrong war is Iraq.
Furthermore, you didn't "get into" the Iraq war, you started it. It is a war of aggression, and the US is the aggressor, with a pretty thin justification. It is quite different from entering a war to protect allies victim of a war of aggression.
I understand that the American people have been lied to and driven into an illegal war (your congress never approved it), but don't refuse the face the truth: this is not a war that you will be proud of.
Btw, the war in Vietnam wasn't a very good idea either. Even if the French were already there defending their own interests. So, yes, you can do wrong even when you protect Europe's interests:-)
> > [...Switzerland, are believed to be in the possession of the US authorities] Great! They're the last people we need to have even more nuclear weapons.
> Their cheese makes the perfect delivery mechanism: plenty of holes to hide things.
I don't think you got the point of the parent poster. There were two countries in that sentence, and only one of them already have nuclear weapons...
> You don't need any extra kernel support for that. You just write the new version under a temporary name, and then atomically rename it over the old file. Fsync before renaming for extra credit.
And lose all the hard links you may have had on that file...
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While your sentiment is true, I think your must not downplay role of American in the war before 1942:
The "cash and carry" order was passed to let uk buy weapons from America.
After the UK went bankrupt, America started "lend-lease" and continued to provide weapons to uk.
If those two things (among others) weren't done, right now, the European Union would probably be called 3rd Reich.
As an European (from German descent), I am very glad about what the American did during WW2 (not everything they did, but most).
Well, as an European, I am really glad about what the American did on WW1 and 2 (of course, we also did things for you before, but nonetheless, that was great).
:-)
> any war we get into solely to defend Europe's interests is seen as "right" and any for our own "wrong"...
This is absolutely not true. The war in Afghanistan is seen as "right". The very very wrong war is Iraq.
Furthermore, you didn't "get into" the Iraq war, you started it. It is a war of aggression, and the US is the aggressor, with a pretty thin justification. It is quite different from entering a war to protect allies victim of a war of aggression.
I understand that the American people have been lied to and driven into an illegal war (your congress never approved it), but don't refuse the face the truth: this is not a war that you will be proud of.
Btw, the war in Vietnam wasn't a very good idea either. Even if the French were already there defending their own interests. So, yes, you can do wrong even when you protect Europe's interests
> I'm passionately against abortion (also IANAC), because it's the taking of a human life.
Very fair point. So, you are also passionately against the Iraq war, I guess ?
> > [...Switzerland, are believed to be in the possession of the US authorities] Great! They're the last people we need to have even more nuclear weapons.
> Their cheese makes the perfect delivery mechanism: plenty of holes to hide things.
I don't think you got the point of the parent poster. There were two countries in that sentence, and only one of them already have nuclear weapons...
Priceless. And what LP do they use with their ultra-mega-high-tech audiophile equipment ? A version of Samson playing Chopin ? No.
The second album of Suzanne Vega which is visiblein the last picture...
Well, I am somewhat disappointed: you could at least have tried to sell hot air...
> You don't need any extra kernel support for that. You just write the new version under a temporary name, and then atomically rename it over the old file. Fsync before renaming for extra credit. And lose all the hard links you may have had on that file...