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To: Lane3 who wrote (24878)	8/26/2001 2:50:13 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 82486

One of the post colonial problems is that the countries are drawn up oddly. You can say that again. When those American, British, and French diplomats met in a tent to carve out boundaries, they put people together who were age-old antagonists. And they separated people who had a history of being peaceful with each other. I guess they liked the esthetics of those long, perfectly straight lines that would be on the maps. I like your idea. We may have already started. I hear a McDonald's recently opened in Burkana Faso.

To: Lane3 who wrote (24878)	8/26/2001 5:09:36 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

One thing that occurred to me was that we could take over Africa. Why not just annex the planet and then get going on an FTL drive so we can grab the Galaxy? That is SUCH a bad idea I'm not even sure where to start. This is isolationism? Grab hold of any area that's in trouble to try to straighten it out? You know, the idea is that not only do we not involve ourselves in every brushfire war, but we don't try to solve all the world's problems. This is not Paradise or Utopia; that's not possible. I'm also in favor of a limited federal gov't. That is hardly advanced by grabbing hold of new territory and then applying large federal programs to them. That was a spoof, right? Tell me yes. Look,if you're in favor of a conquering binge, let;'s pick some GOOD areas. Western Europe. Canada. Australia. New Zealand.

To: Lane3 who wrote (24878)	8/26/2001 6:29:53 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 82486

Why on earth would we WANT Africa? I'd be much more inclined to take over Canada. There's lots of empty land there for our population to fill, there are huge reserves of oil and gas and minerals and water and lumber, plus lots of wheat growing country which will become increasingly valuable as global warming moves the growing areas North. There's already infrastructure in place, they speak English (or a reasonable approximation thereof), and because of their strict gun control laws there could be no effective civilian resistance. We could just divide it up into about 10 more states, get rid of all the French nonsense, and roughly double the size and resources of our country with minimal effort. I daresay two aircraft carriers and dozen marine squadrons could take over the country in a matter of days. Forget Africa. Canada is our future.