Thread: Whelp, looks like we're going to war with Iran now

Originally Posted by coqauvin

clearly i am 17 and togs i am a little hurt by this, although a little in doubt that you had higher expectations of me

I expected educated opinions not generalizations.

Originally Posted by coqauvin

fair enough, although world police is a bit of a catchword that doesn't accurately describe what's going on. The US's intervention in Kuwait wasn't necessary - ideally, the task should've fallen to the UN, which would have given it credibility and actually made the body be more effective. Actually, a lot of america's invasions along these lines would've done the world better good had they been done through the UN. Theoretically speaking, a global body attached to no nation in particular that maintains peace and steps on overreaching national hands (which applies equally to iraq in kuwait, but also america in vietnam) would do the world a lot of good, and building the UN into something along those lines (which is, i think, what it sees itself as idealistically) and then actually giving it the name and power to carry this out would be nothig but beneficial

The Persian Gulf war was not only the United States, it was a mult-national defense of over 25 countries (a move, I believe, that went through NATO) that moved in after the UN, sadly but unsurprisingly, failed to do its job.

whoops! i should actually study history instead of relying on what i remember being said year ago. my bad guys

edit: it probably doesn't work or make sense, but if the US would have invaded under the UN flag and done the job in the name of the UN, it would have been two birds with one stone, was my idea

post post script: my knowledge of middle east conflicts and the nuances involved isn't exactly in depth

Originally Posted by coqauvin

whoops! i should actually study history instead of relying on what i remember being said year ago. my bad guys

edit: it probably doesn't work or make sense, but if the US would have invaded under the UN flag and done the job in the name of the UN, it would have been two birds with one stone, was my idea

http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unikom/

The UN moved peacekeeping forces in after the Iraqi withdrawal. In fact, the UN authorized the use of force in a resolution to aid Kuwait. That resolution was signed by a number of countries.

US-led simply meant strategy and logistics fell on them, not that they were solely the ones fighting.

Originally Posted by coqauvin

post post script: my knowledge of middle east conflicts and the nuances involved isn't exactly in depth

Would you consider yourself more of an athlete?

well as the last remaining superpower in the world it is our duty to continue both the glorious and douchey policies of the british empire abroad ok

AMERIKKKA FUCK YEA!!!

Did Coq succeed from any further discussion on this matter?

As long as I'm out before my ship's deployment to sit and spin circles I don't care what happens.

Originally Posted by Think

ok but I referenced this beforehand and this is how I would pronounce it (except the slightly french sounding "jod" for "jad"

words

your dirty ethnic post colonial character

oh ok hey i don't care

Originally Posted by Think

I hope you don't think anything but the reference to pedantry was intended to be even slightly genuinely insulting; only if I was aiming at that I wouldn't have piled those sets of racist words together - that's comedic and undermines it's own content rather than working as an attack

oh no i was just trying to be gratuitously insulting to you by saying i don't care

ps i read "pedantry" at first as "pederasty" and now i have blue balls you prick