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Crimea votes for secession .
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<blockquote data-quote="TedKennedy" data-source="post: 2453904" data-attributes="member: 25419"><p>I believe Rome extended its reach a little farther than its grasp, if I'm not mistaken. Kinda like Britain. Kinda like Nazi Germany. </p><p>I'm not sure Hensch's idea has ever been tried for an extended period...our Republic kinda sorta tried it for about 100 years. Seems like every time a working civilization arises that has some success, and an opportunity to better it's citizens' lives, someone gets the bright idea of expansion, or meddling in other affairs, for their own benefit.</p><p> I don't see us forcing our trade on anyone, instead we withold trade when we wish to "punish" a regime. If your country is successful, folks will line up to do business with you. </p><p> Yes, we rely on resources outside of our borders - does that justify putting someone like the Shah in place in Iran? That guaranteed us low oil prices and huge profits for the companies involved there, at the expense of the Iranians, and the Americans who have been maimed or killed to try to remedy the problems caused by our meddling in that oil patch. Israel? Are we reaping great benefits from letting them ride us for the last 60 years?</p><p> Maybe the "tougher than hell, don't mess with me and I won't mess with you" policy won't work. What we've been doing ain't working for sure, I say let's give it a try.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TedKennedy, post: 2453904, member: 25419"] I believe Rome extended its reach a little farther than its grasp, if I'm not mistaken. Kinda like Britain. Kinda like Nazi Germany. I'm not sure Hensch's idea has ever been tried for an extended period...our Republic kinda sorta tried it for about 100 years. Seems like every time a working civilization arises that has some success, and an opportunity to better it's citizens' lives, someone gets the bright idea of expansion, or meddling in other affairs, for their own benefit. I don't see us forcing our trade on anyone, instead we withold trade when we wish to "punish" a regime. If your country is successful, folks will line up to do business with you. Yes, we rely on resources outside of our borders - does that justify putting someone like the Shah in place in Iran? That guaranteed us low oil prices and huge profits for the companies involved there, at the expense of the Iranians, and the Americans who have been maimed or killed to try to remedy the problems caused by our meddling in that oil patch. Israel? Are we reaping great benefits from letting them ride us for the last 60 years? Maybe the "tougher than hell, don't mess with me and I won't mess with you" policy won't work. What we've been doing ain't working for sure, I say let's give it a try. [/QUOTE]
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