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« on: June 19, 2010, 06:12:53 PM »
I'm thinking Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Syria, and North Korea, but I don't think there are really any other countries whose govts. hate the U.S. that much.
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2010, 06:21:50 PM »
Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Lieberman, Netanyahu...
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2010, 06:31:36 PM »
As long as China has an authoritarian regime, it will always be a potential enemy of the United States, much like Japan in the run-up to December 7, 1941. 
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« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2010, 06:31:57 PM »
Did it ever?
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« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2010, 07:21:53 PM »
Are you being silly, ignorant or are you just trolling?
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« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2010, 08:39:42 PM »
Quote from: Senator Libertas on June 19, 2010, 06:21:50 PM
Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Lieberman, Netanyahu...

I meant countries, not people.
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« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2010, 08:40:41 PM »

Yes, especially between 1914-1918 and 1933-1991.
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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2010, 03:42:45 AM »

His point is worth taking seriously.  The enemies we had were always:

1) defensive - they were only opposing as best we could us because we were a tremendous and active threat to them.

2) weak - extraordinarily weaker than our right-wing nationalist government portrayed them.

The whole idea of the world being dangerous for the Empire is really asinine.  One might say there is a certain small danger of backlash from treating the rest of the world like **** for 60 years, but that's like saying mugging victims are a danger to the mugger.
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2010, 03:49:47 AM »
Its worst enemy is itself.
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« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2010, 03:57:33 AM »
Does Jan Brewer count?
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« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2010, 04:26:06 AM »
FRANCE IS DA ENEMY !
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« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2010, 05:07:46 AM »

Very true overall, but within that line of thinking one can specify that the mortal enemy of the lower 90%+ of the american population is their own ruling class.
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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2010, 05:42:30 AM »
Quote from: The Prince on June 19, 2010, 06:12:53 PM
I'm thinking Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Syria, and North Korea, but I don't think there are really any other countries whose govts. hate the U.S. that much.

is that really how you define enemy?
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2010, 12:19:52 PM »
In terms of a legitimate country being able to do us real harm, only China at the moment.
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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2010, 01:40:09 PM »

Explain to me how I am being silly, ignorant or trolling?
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« Reply #15 on: June 20, 2010, 02:15:15 PM »

This isn't 2003 anymore.
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« Reply #16 on: June 20, 2010, 02:16:16 PM »
Quote from: The Prince on June 19, 2010, 08:39:42 PM
Quote from: Senator Libertas on June 19, 2010, 06:21:50 PM
Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Lieberman, Netanyahu...

I meant countries, not people.

In that case, Israel and the U.S. are the greatest enemies of the U.S.
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« Reply #17 on: June 20, 2010, 02:25:28 PM »
The Republican Party.
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« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2010, 02:33:02 PM »

True.  The only reason any of these "rogue" states hate us so much is because of our own foreign policy.
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« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2010, 02:58:08 PM »
Quote from: The Goy's Teeth on June 20, 2010, 01:40:09 PM

Explain to me how I am being silly, ignorant or trolling?

So you consider the 45-year rivalry with the Soviet Union that almost went to global nuclear war on multiple occasions...what, exactly?
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« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2010, 03:03:40 PM »
Or Japan in the early 40s?
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« Reply #21 on: June 20, 2010, 03:28:41 PM »

Or, for that matter, Germany and Italy in the early 40s?
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« Reply #22 on: June 20, 2010, 03:33:13 PM »
Or Britian in the first 30 or so years of our existance?
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« Reply #23 on: June 20, 2010, 03:36:35 PM »
Quote from: Mitch Sexgod Daniels on June 20, 2010, 03:33:13 PM
Or Britian in the first 30 or so years of our existance?

They weren't really that much of an emeny between 1783 and 1812. Many American politicians back then (such as Alexander Hamilton) actually wanted to form an alliance with Britain.
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« Reply #24 on: June 20, 2010, 03:58:20 PM »
Quote from: The Mikado on June 20, 2010, 02:58:08 PM
Quote from: The Goy's Teeth on June 20, 2010, 01:40:09 PM

Explain to me how I am being silly, ignorant or trolling?

So you consider the 45-year rivalry with the Soviet Union that almost went to global nuclear war on multiple occasions...what, exactly?

Advanced Surrealism.
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