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Posted Aug 25, '12 at 10:23am
nichodemus
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The Iranian opposition gave them a serious run for their money and there was a glimmer of hope for reform change if you recall 2008; that wonderful year where the people showed their real feelings and the halcyon days seemed not far away. Iran will almost certainly attack; they are rational, and they know that nuclear parity is swinging vasty in favor of the West. Attacking it would only provoke it, and more terrifyingly the rest of the Muslim world.
I disagree. Right wing parties might not be the majority, but they are kingmakers; no Israeli party has the absolute majority to rule on it's own which more often then not leads to uneasy bedfellows in a coalition since Labour is unlikely to ally with Likud and the other way round. You already have four of such ministers in power; the center and left have always had to pander to the religious right, which is increasing in strength gradually.
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Posted Aug 25, '12 at 1:18pm
redfan45
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Iran is the most technologically advanced and united nation america will be facing in decades.
Glad someone else notices this.
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Posted Aug 25, '12 at 1:27pm
zakyman
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Glad someone else notices this.
Except China...
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Posted Aug 25, '12 at 4:04pm
partydevil
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Except China...
usa and china are going to fight?
didn't hear a thing about it.
update me plz.
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Posted Aug 25, '12 at 10:23pm
nichodemus
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Why does America think China is some lurking insidious evil? Please, China needs America too. It wants hegemony in it's region, not world domination.
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Posted Aug 26, '12 at 2:52am
zakyman
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Why does America think China is some lurking insidious evil?
Because they're building new weapons to directly counteract our stealth capabilities, and are also threatening our allies in the South Pacific over territorial disputes.
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Posted Aug 26, '12 at 3:03am
nichodemus
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Why does America think China is some lurking insidious evil?
Because they're building new weapons to directly counteract our stealth capabilities, and are also threatening our allies in the South Pacific over territorial disputes.
No nation wants to be at the wrong end of the stick. America has a fleet in the region, so naturally China feels threatened.
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Posted Aug 26, '12 at 5:34am
St0f
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As soon China gets involved, world war incomming.
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Posted Aug 26, '12 at 5:44am
partydevil
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Because they're building new weapons to directly counteract our stealth capabilities,
usa has a copyright on every future technological invention?
i think they are right to have it. it's a counter to the usa power.
whit only 1 superpower. only a little has to happen for a new world domination tour.
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Posted Aug 26, '12 at 7:22am
nichodemus
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As soon China gets involved, world war incomming.
The USA has overthrown over 30 governments that it deems unfit to dwell near it's borders. It has bases in over a hundred nations, so a logical corollary would be to assume that the USA itself is a threat would it not? China is only doing what it can to nullify and curtail why it deems as unnecessary influence near it's own border. Extrapolating this to the Westphalian idea of sovereignty and juxtapose this with neorealism, is it that hard to live with a better armed China, whom if one might reinforce again, is also highly dependent on the US to survive? China has often stepped back as a leading player on the global stage, it is much happier leaving international affairs up to the USA.
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