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Not taking it hard at all nor meaning offence, just pointing out that the US is controlled by a whole lot of special interest groups, not just one. I'm certainly not looking to appear extreme;)

Nor can you neglect the control of America by the democrats, republicans, tobacco lobbies, military/industrial complexes, farming lobbies, christian lobbies, islamic lobbies, gay lobbies, conservatives, libertarians, liberals, isolationists, world policemen, neo-conservatives, neo-liberals, NRA...

IF such a scenario were to take place, it would be much easier for the US politically if Israel initiated the strikes, then the US could portray itself as coming to the aid of Israel rather than as the primary aggressor. In all likelyhood Iran would strike at both Israeli AND US assets if they...

China's economy would be far more damaged than America's. 1. China would lose its primary market. 2. America would cancel the bonds that China holds. 3. American dollars are the fiat currency and the rest of the world would not stop using them as such, infact would reinforce them so...

So it was:stupid: My thanks Sparten and Sword9:wink:

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And therein lies the entire crux of American geopolitical thought. America DOES view itself as the worlds police. Freedom movements, insurgencies, call them what you will, all now fall under the umbrella of 'terrorism'. It's becoming a very polarised, black and white world, lead by American...

The US works up threat assessments on everyone, and contingency plans (what if) on everyone. The likelyhood of a US attack on Pakistan in the real world is next to nil. They will however have a plan to take out Pakistani nukes in the advent of a regime with which they disagree is perfectly...

Well I'm from NZ but we regularly conduct joint exercises and and campaigns(?) with the Australians, British and Canadians, less so with America. As an aside for those of you unfamiliar with what we're up to, we had a strictly reconstruction team in Iraq but withdrew them because they...

As my first post, I'd like to ask a question that came to mind from another board and discussion. I was talking about why OBL and his Lieutenants were still at liberty in Northern Pakistan. Sparten rightly pointed out to me that Pakistani forces were fighting and dying trying, but my...