Don't hate americans. be very afraid! that goverment posses more nukes than ever needed to destroy every single lifeform on this planet, twice. Hope they learn from history. Before all will be history.
But in civ3 i generally DO hate the americans. I'm playing the Persians (in my first ever regent game). The Persians, as you know like in "the Iraqis"; and am doing quite well. Have a continent that I share with the Zulus and two villages in the mountains from the americans and the chinese.
Now MY foreign police is to never wage war! (although the zulus need to be thought a lesson once in a while, but i never invade their territory, only do some border patroling, never take their cities).
But now. all civ's have just about researched tanks. Oil jumps up all over the map. ALL OVER! damn no, ofcourse not in MY territory. My neighbours are starting to feel my failing glory. **** what do i do now? Hey the americans have extra oil, wow and wadaya know they are willing to trade it with me as well. High priced ofcourse. But I don't have any choice. (talk about a reversed world). But hey aaaaaalll the way down my island deep in zulu territory, but at the sea there is a tiny village with rich oil deposits near it.
Do I dear lauch an attack?! Hum
no I have my honor, now war for oil.
But hey a few turns later, i just renewed my deal with the americans for oil and gave them some expensive tech, the zulus jump on my territory with 10 knights and just about the same numbers in spearmen, and archers.
Being the nice neighbour that i am, i kindly ask them TO GET THE *{^§ OUT OF MY BACKYARD! they answer. you've guessed it.
so i start moving the bulk of my small (don't like big ones) army to my borders with them, and start fighting (only to get elite units to produce leaders) within my own borders. Never invading them at the chockepoint.
But at the same time, i've been building two transports (never got around producing a destroyer to protect them, not enough time). and when loaded with a mix of artillery, cavalery, infantry and workers they set sail (do modern ships still set sail, hum...) to Bapedi, right next to the zulu capital. I quickly take over the town (the bapedians never knew what hit them). disbanded some of my wounded cavalry to quickly build a harbor. And cancel my deal for oil with the americans. porblem solved.
Oh yes, since i don't really like wars i checked with the zulus if they didn't think we could be friends. and they offer me just about anything for peace (which i accept ofcourse).
so now a few decades later. still global peace all around i guess (i've placed three carriers strategically all over the world, so i kind off have an idea what my 'friends' are doing). I've never played this far, so i was checking out on civfanatices how to go about nuclear weapons. (don't like em either, but have to have em so my friends won't just start throwing them at me). Am building the manhattan project, and the UN so. the situation on this planet seems about to undergo a drastic change.
i'm second on this planet since bc turned ad the Iroquois have been leading all the time.
Exitement!!
I am the first one who ever replied to this thread and I kept the language civilized, now all of you are just throwing mud in each others eyes, and it makes me 
This means absolutely nothing at all but at least it sounds good.
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