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Barfus
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I am the last Roman. Or is it Irish-Roman-American?
Nov 2001 time: 00:20
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to stop genocidal maniacs sure, but, self defense? please. who've we got to be afraid of? everything we do is, and obviously is, done to maintain our position of supremacy. just like any other nation before us and all that will come later. we stand for something that i think is genuinely good, but still, our wars are to maintain our position. like korea and vietnam were going to invade us or something? gimme a break......i think americans need to admit, like i have done, that we arent the end all be all of civilization, were just people like everyone else. doing what everyone else does, trying to be top dog.
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spy14
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Birmingham
Nov 2001 time: 05:20
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quote: Originally posted by Barfus
to stop genocidal maniacs sure, but, self defense? please. who've we got to be afraid of? everything we do is, and obviously is, done to maintain our position of supremacy. just like any other nation before us and all that will come later. we stand for something that i think is genuinely good, but still, our wars are to maintain our position. like korea and vietnam were going to invade us or something? gimme a break......i think americans need to admit, like i have done, that we arent the end all be all of civilization, were just people like everyone else. doing what everyone else does, trying to be top dog. |
Threats, and therefore self defense, come in differant forms. Countering the former Soviet nuclear threat and blowing up terrorists in Afghanistan are very differant but are both forms of defense, just as a pre emptive strike on Iraq will be...
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Theseus

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The warmonger formerly known as rpodos. Gathering Storm! Apolyton Spirit!!
Apr 2002 time: 00:20
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1. WW II
2. Hazie, I'm not 100% sure how the mechanism for going to war works. I think if you declare, but let the enemy attack on your own territory, results in a happiness boost. I'm not sure what happens in the many other permutations, and would appreciate the input of anyone who has a clue. For instance, tonight, Japan landed 6 Cavs on my continent, next to one of my cities. I 'declared' war by canceling the peace treaty, and killed their troops, being the first to attack, and on my own territory. Was that the right methodogy? I have no idea.
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Kingof the Apes
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Call me KOTA
Feb 2002 time: 21:20
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quote: Originally posted by Barfus
to stop genocidal maniacs sure, but, self defense? please. who've we got to be afraid of? everything we do is, and obviously is, done to maintain our position of supremacy. just like any other nation before us and all that will come later. we stand for something that i think is genuinely good, but still, our wars are to maintain our position. like korea and vietnam were going to invade us or something? gimme a break......i think americans need to admit, like i have done, that we arent the end all be all of civilization, were just people like everyone else. doing what everyone else does, trying to be top dog. | I meant like 9-11, but I agree with you that wars such as Gulf War, Vietnam etc. were to maintain our position.
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Geekinstein
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Actually, I'm noticed very little in the way of change from "polite" to "spitting mad" re: other civs, so I tend to deal with everyone the same:
1. Always stay on guard.
2. Never get into entangling alliances of any sort.
3. Declare fast short wars, take/raze enough cities to make AI say "uncle" and then end the war and start trading stuff...any stuff
re: Americans (in the real world). Only good thing about them is they tend to want not to do a Hitler/Napoleon/Attila the Hun/Gengis Kahn with the rest of the world. And therefore the rest of the world should be grateful for that...i.e. if you gotta have a superpower, at least it's a bunch of guys who wants to be everybody's friend and worries when folks "don't like me "
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