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Politics & Religion / Re: Stratfor: The German Question (Deep Read)
« on: October 08, 2008, 05:38:29 PM »
Quote from: Crafty_Dog on October 07, 2008, 01:45:42 PM
That seems lucid.   :-)
Thanks.  :-)


Quote from: Crafty_Dog on October 07, 2008, 01:45:42 PM
Would you please flesh out how Germany would be "exploited"?

English is not my native language. So, the word "exploited" might not be the correct one.
Germany would have to bear a lot of the costs and risks. With nothing to gain, really. Except trouble.
In the past they could be persuaded to invest for a greater good. But it seldom paid out for them. As yet.

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Politics & Religion / Re: Stratfor: The German Question (Deep Read)
« on: October 07, 2008, 09:50:16 AM »
AFAIR, NATO is a mutual defense pact.
It was not meant to expand the Influence of one of its members or the alliance itself.
Just because Germany does not want to get exploited to do so, does not necessarily mean that "NATO is permanently and profoundly broken".
Also, the fact that it could not protect potential new members does not mean it could not protect existing ones.
Throughout its history there were mixed opinions of how effective it could protect the members. But that's another discussion.
So far, I have seen no proof of a "permanently and profoundly broken" NATO. Did I miss something?

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Politics & Religion / Re: Stratfor: The German Question (Deep Read)
« on: October 07, 2008, 01:30:03 AM »
Quote from: Crafty_Dog on October 06, 2008, 03:57:11 PM
And that means NATO is permanently and profoundly broken.
I don't know if this is a correct conclusion.
But the rest is interesting. Thanks for posting.

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Politics & Religion / Re: Open Letter to Muslims, Liberals, Democrats, et al
« on: October 07, 2008, 12:10:59 AM »
Oops, sorry for that. Corrected the URL. This is the right one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MugQDD2FcKQ

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Politics & Religion / Re: Open Letter to Muslims, Liberals, Democrats, et al
« on: October 06, 2008, 04:30:41 PM »
Quote from: Zooligan on July 08, 2008, 01:09:40 PM
I wonder if the 72 heavenly Muslim virgins get to choose if the departed one is their first.
Hehe.
But who said there would be female virgins?   :evil:    04:45  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MugQDD2FcKQ

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