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So why was their federal action to maintain slavery in Southern States? If ya, know, it should have been a state decision.:rolleyes:

Just curious on some thoughts about this. Thanks!

Yes that is correct. I meant the ruling party in Iraq, bot Saddam personally. Have the Jurds had one of their people in a leadership positions since WWI?

You wrote that in so much of a more concise manner than myself :goodjob:

Looking back at history, Slavery or forced labor without payment has been around seemingly forever in one form or another. Is there anyway the world could have developed into what it is today without it? I mean developed in terms of advances, growth from physical labor used to build things and...

So hoiw much of this tied into the US reasons for invading Iraq 10 years later? From what I am hearing, the tensions between Saddam and the Kurds had been brewing since after WWI. And what was Kuwait's position as it related to the US invasion of Baghdad?

To the best of our knowledge, what were his objectives? What sort of response did he expect from: The U.S and the "West"? Europeans? Muslims states? Arab community at-large? OPEC Nations? Just curious and have never really looked into/discussed it...

Wilson was a biggot period end of story who single-handedly destroyed all racial gains that had been made during reconstruction.

Human rights violations. Isn't that why the US invaded Iraq? Weapons of Mass Destruction. Russian missle silos in Cuba...

That is a valid point. Let's call it a year. So in what year were we closest to achieveing peace on earth?

In the last 200 years or so, what timeframe produced the LEAST number of conflicts? When did we in fact come closest to peace on earth? When were there the most peace treaties being honored? The most co-operation? When was the least amonth of bloodshed? Any idea?

Too many of those who were supposed to enforce the rules, were breaking it. Simple as that.

Russia would have started a nuclear war if the U.S invaded Cuba?

Just curious about opinions on this. After Castro took power in 59, at one point he had strained relations with both Russia and the U.S. Why did neither of those countries ever invade the island? And the Bay of Pigs didn't count :p

Well, I guess we would have to get a definition of greatest Pope but I supposse for this thread, who advanced the mission of th church the most and who got the most accomplished. This is kinda actually more of a "teach me About John Paul and other Popes" but has he had the greates impact of...