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Forum: Politics 09-29-2007, 09:07 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 481
Posted By nicky g
Re: What do you think about Middle Eastern relations?

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The settlements have not significantly expanded since Oslo and the government is actively preventing growth outside of already existing settlements.



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Forum: Politics 09-29-2007, 08:55 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 455
Posted By nicky g
Re: The Hitler-Like Basis of the Iranian Regime\'s Ideology

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Because it's not in their best interests even if they wanted to.

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Nor would nuking Israel be.
Forum: Politics 09-28-2007, 04:00 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 455
Posted By nicky g
Re: The Hitler-Like Basis of the Iranian Regime\'s Ideology

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Perhaps fearing a reprisal from Israel that's not that far away (a country that has nukes too).


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I suppose. Still, they could certainly get away with a lot more than...
Forum: Politics 09-28-2007, 03:43 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 481
Posted By nicky g
Re: What do you think about Middle Eastern relations?

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The settlements have not significantly expanded since Oslo and the government is actively preventing growth outside of already existing settlements.

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The settlements...
Forum: Politics 09-28-2007, 03:32 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 455
Posted By nicky g
Re: The Hitler-Like Basis of the Iranian Regime\'s Ideology

Ahmedinejad is a nut. I agree with you that it would be muc better for the Iranian regime not to have nuclear weapons. But if the regime's intention is really the Nazi-like genocide of Jews, why...
Forum: Politics 09-25-2007, 05:52 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 366
Posted By nicky g
Re: No Homosexuality in Iran

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obviously i don't agree with all of it, but certainly many americans, myself included, believe that the Bush administration (or American politicians...
Forum: Politics 02-11-2007, 01:36 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 84
Posted By nicky g
Re: Gates: Bombs Tie Iran to Iraq Extremists

Attacks on Us troops are overwhelmingly carried out by Sunnnis and overwhelmingly take place in Sunnni dominated parts of Iraq, regardless of what the overall proportion Sunnis make up of the Iraqi...
Forum: Politics 02-10-2007, 02:32 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 229
Posted By nicky g
Re: Why are we losing all these choppers in Iraq?

Is anyone actually going to offer any evidence that Iran supplied these missiles to Sunni insurgent groups? Because it's pretty unlikely.

This question would sit better in the other thread, but...
Forum: Politics 02-10-2007, 02:23 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 161
Posted By nicky g
Re: BBC shows long Muslim propaganda videos during News (challange ins

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Last night, they did a story on "US up against tough propaganda campaign" after that helicopter video went up.

They spent about 45 seconds showing Hummers getting blown up and videos...
Forum: Politics 01-29-2007, 02:58 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 59
Posted By nicky g
Re: Two steps forward for Israel

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It is still, unfortunately, unthinkable for most Arab nations (except Palestinians!!) to appoint or elect non-Muslims in positions of political power.


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Outside of the...
Forum: Politics 01-11-2007, 05:36 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 76
Posted By nicky g
Sadr

There is a widespread notion on this board that Muqtada al-Sadr is Iran's puppet in Iraq. I'd like to point out that this is completely wrong. Sadr is an Iraqi nationalist. His family stayed in Iraq...
Forum: Politics 01-11-2007, 05:13 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 202
Posted By nicky g
Re: No Comments on Bush\'s Speech

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This 50:1 ratio assumes competent and well-trained personnel. The Iraqi troops are neither.

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I think the 50:1 is for US troops only, in the Baghdad and Anbar areas.

It...
Forum: Politics 01-11-2007, 04:47 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 202
Posted By nicky g
Re: No Comments on Bush\'s Speech

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Instead of clearing an area and moving on, the extra troops will allow a core of peronnel (combination Iraqi and US) behind to keep it clean. The number of troops was chosen to result in...
Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 10:37 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 99
Posted By nicky g
Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand

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This is actually good news for us. There was a very good chance that the Islamic government was going to turn into the Taliban, complete with terrorist harboring.

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That...
Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 10:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 90
Posted By nicky g
Re: Israel is arming the PA

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It's up in the air. From this article...
Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 10:12 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 270
Posted By nicky g
Re: US to leave the UN?

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Yet the U.N. has failed to prevent every major slaughter or genocide-type of mass killing (that I can think of) in the 20th century.

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Second time I've...
Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 05:36 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 145
Posted By nicky g
Re: human rights?

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I have no specific knowledge, but I cannot believe that it would take more than two weeks to create a sizeable presence in Rwanda.

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Maybe, but it takes a lot longer than...
Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 05:29 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 221
Posted By nicky g
Re: Does \"ordering actions which result in the deaths of innocent Iraq

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But do you really doubt that Saddam was a mass murderer?

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No I don't, but that wasn't the question. His absurd trial only increases the division in Iraq and makes it a...
Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 04:21 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 221
Posted By nicky g
Re: Does \"ordering actions which result in the deaths of innocent Iraq

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Do you feel that the Iraqi judiciary was incompetent to handle the matter?


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Given the climate of sectarian and other divisions, general lawlessness that saw members of...
Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 04:14 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 90
Posted By nicky g
Re: Israel is arming the PA

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Abbas doers not have the legal power to call new elections.

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Yes, he does.

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Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 09:37 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 90
Posted By nicky g
Re: Israel is arming the PA

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Also, if you've been following the news recently, Fatah has proposed new elections soon (which polls show they will sweep in a big way), and because Hamas knows they will lose, Hamas has...
Forum: Politics 12-30-2006, 09:33 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 99
Posted By nicky g
Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand

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This is an excellent point. I suspect its possible that Washington used the Ethiopians the same way we did the Northern Alliance to drive out the islamists.

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The Northern...
Forum: Special Sklansky Forum 12-17-2006, 03:42 PM
Replies: 830
Views: 7,905
Posted By nicky g
Re: New Fight Question

Sorry if this has been said already, I can't read through the whole thing - but in response to the whole "no gloves" thing, the early UFCs and other MMA/Vale Tudo contests, there were no gloves. It...
Forum: Politics 12-17-2006, 03:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 88
Posted By nicky g
Re: Dennis Kucinich for President

Dennis Haysbert for President
Forum: Politics 12-17-2006, 02:47 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 356
Posted By nicky g
Re: LA Times Op-ed: Islam gets concessions; infidels get conquered

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Then who knows what Hezbollah does.

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The chance of Hizbollah becoming directly involved is nil.
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