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[Borachio]

It's the same reason there hasn't been a larger response to the Syrian civil war or the ISIS uprising. Honestly, nobody outside of the Middle East wants a stable, strong Middle East. If that region of the world were allowed to gain any sort of real power on the international stage, I shudder to think what the world would become.

But, in that case, why hasn't the US attempted to destabilize Saudi Arabia?

I'm just not seeing anything like a coherent policy here.

 

[Sommerswerd]

Of course, when I see shady looking people I generally try to start fights with them in the interest of my personal safety.

My favorite part of the "offense is defense" military strategy is how it synergizes well with the "an armed community is a safe community" philosophy. It makes sense right? If everyone has guns, then we are all safer, because everyone knows that they could be shot if they mess with anyone else...Almost like M.A.D. , right?

So if Iran gets nuclear weapons, that will make the world safer, because an armed global community is a safe global community...right? Offense is defense, right?

 

[Sommerswerd]

BTW has anyone pointed out that feminism and pacifism both tend to be liberal positions? So it is not logical to expect that feminists would advocate female selective service in the interests of equality. Liberals are more likely to advocate equality in the system by doing away with selective service for men as well, as opposed to instituting it for women.

 

[Borachio]

My favorite part of the "offense is defense" military strategy is how it synergizes well with the "an armed community is a safe community" philosophy. It makes sense right? If everyone has guns, then we are all safer, because everyone knows that they could be shot if they mess with anyone else...Almost like M.A.D. , right?

So if Iran gets nuclear weapons, that will make the world safer, because an armed global community is a safe global community...right? Offense is defense, right?

Equally one might argue that defence is offence.

"Why is that nation over there spending so much on defence? Either they don't trust us, or they're pretending to be interested in defence while secretly preparing to attack us. But in either case they're threatening us, so we'd best make a pre-emptive strike in our own defence, before they decided to pre-emptively defend themselves against us."

 

[Sommerswerd]

Equally one might argue that defence is offence.

"Why is that nation over there spending so much on defence? Either they don't trust us, or they're pretending to be interested in defence while secretly preparing to attack us. But in either case they're threatening us, so we'd best make a pre-emptive strike in our own defence, before they decided to pre-emptively defend themselves against us."

That's always my reasoning in Civ