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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (27754)	1/24/2003 10:34:12 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

But the Arabs don't get it!!

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (27754)	1/25/2003 3:55:04 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Ray, that's how empires develop. They don't just go in and conquer. They bribe one side, support the other side, pick on a third side, swap sides, supply arms to the one now supporting them best, give silly hats to the locals to wear and jobs in the Empire, introduce cricket and cucumber sandwiches and all have a jolly good time. All with an eye to the main chance. I don't know much about it, but apparently the words the Great Game [GG] covers it. The GG has been going for a long time. The USA constitution was designed to preclude such adventuring, but what the heck, times change, constitutions are interpreted by the Supreme Court to mean what they want it to mean, even if polar opposite meanings are ascribed to the same old words. When the constitution was written by the perspicacious Founding Fathers, the USA wasn't the sole superpower with 30% of the world's GDP and most of the military power to back it up. Not to mention the nearly 300 million people which is quite a big country. China, India and well, then the USA is the order by population. George II is such a nice name, it's a shame to waste it as bland old W. "King George II", first chieftain of the New World Order and Pax Americana is so much more inspirational. Of course, that's not the plan. But the nature of power and protecting interests has a way of drawing people into the GG, whether they realize they are being drawn or not. I'm already quite good at American. I'm backing King George II [he'll protect my interests too, which I've aligned with his - can't be too cautious you know]. Mqurice

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (27754)	1/25/2003 2:43:57 PM
From: marginmike	Respond to of 74559

Arab empire....sic...aint that a laugh!!! Arabs are backward nations that make Latin America look progresive. They are hamstrung buy religious zealots who encourage barbaric practises towerds women, and all whom are not like them. Empire's and great states in this day and age are not about the physical land pressence they encompass but the intelectual, and economical properties they develop. The nations like Taiwan and South Korea are great powers now because the make stuff. The Arabs, till sheding their backward views, and religious toltalitarianism will be nothing more then a big Oil patch no matter how many nations could come together. Its easy to point fingers at someone else and blame them for your ineptitude, but its the succesfull who point fingers at themselves. There is nothing holding back the Arab world beyond the dictitorial, represive religious enviroment which ARAB ELITE use to controll their subjects. THIS is no diferent from what the Catholic Church did to Europe in the Dark AGES.