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This was a rough take, when I was just learning the song.

eyelidlessness -
What exactly IS the trajectory of the US foreign policy?

What is the overarching aim ? To take over the world? Just guessing... I mean, why does it look that way to me? I hardly know anything about history other than what I've learned in school and learned a little bit here and ...

The enemy is anybody they want it to be in order to advance their goals
Yes, and this is probably the best lesson anyone can learn about US foreign policy. Just because the US treats, say, Israel (or Egypt, or Iraqi Kurdistan, or the Philippines, or or or...) as special today does not mean there ...

well said, eyelidnessness. I think there are some BIG OIL objectives as well.
I don't think oil is a particular focus in AfPak, but energy resources are, for sure. The TAPI pipeline is a major issue. Another major issue is mineral resources; Afghanistan has long been thought to have massive ...

I think the question ( who is the enemy? ) is probably more complex and relevant than most responses are giving credit for.

It's worth pointing out that, as in most wars fought by the US, the original stated war aims were varied but have evolved over time. Originally it was stated as a "police ...

theres nmo such thing as "the" anthropological (or archaelogical) definition of civilization. these concepts are always contested. ideological assumptions are imbedded in attemts at fixity, as dogma.

Wat is Dogma? The Dog Mother of Civilization.

What is civilization? A set of more or less ...

Fuck the US military! for the past sixty years they've been a force for global oppression, at least. More like since its inception. Have people forgot that before the US invaded Vietnam and Korea, they invaded everything west of the colonies? That they played a major role in the genocide of ...

There's not an army in the world that does not rely on the warrior class. The warriors know that death is a reality when engaged in wars. That won't change. Hm. I don't think that's true. Some indigenous cultures' wars are more like rugby than what we consider war. Even in a lot of cultures where ...

Sorry I suppose I have studied too much anthropology Really? Because the anthropological definition of civilization is settlements characterized by the growth of cities ( source ).

The paleolithic and neolithic are civilizations. Why? The use of tools and agriculture exists outside civilization ...

According to the latest scientific mythology it was not an asteroid that was the culprit in the Permian extinction. It was carbon dioxide from Volcanoes in Siberia. Good old global warming. I wonder if there's ever been a theory advanced that dinosaurs brought on their own demise by abusing their ...

but the density is absurd
I was recently asked by a doctor at work, "they know that they are getting into dangerous situations when they sign up, right?"

i could've strangled him right there, what stupidity, totally dense
so instead i told him, "it has got to mean something" But what's dense? It ...

e_dog wrote:yeah, i think that whole asteroid striking the planet probably wiped out more spoecies than grand ole industry but i could be wrong.

I already answered this. The author didn't comment on what industrial civilization has wiped out, but what it will wipe out if trends continue, which they will.

I'm curious.

Exactly what is Obama's political platform? I know it's a little trite, but I really don't know.

Please don't take this the wrong way, I mean this kindly and respectfully.

What would that accomplish, in terms of halting the atrocities we're discussing?

Under the radar is where I am gravitating. The more I understand the less I want to be involved.

I think the whole political scene is embarassingly bizarre.

They refer to themselves as "High Level People".?
I just don't get that. It turns me right off. Well, no worries there. Those guys aren't ...