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NI4NI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:10 PM Original message |
Can you name a modern day country that preemptively started a war and eventually won? |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Great Britain and the Falklands? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Er...how was that pre-emptive? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They fought them there so that they wouldn't have to fight them there. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Well..."there" you have it. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not really. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Reagan invaded Grenada. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Not exactly "pre-emptive" |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. But Reagan said "We got there just in time!" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I think he meant "just in time to get the second string med students there out of finals" |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Didn't they have WMD's? |
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roxnev (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. starting a war question |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Finland |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. How was that "pre-emptive"? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You need to study up on your WWII history - Finland and Germany were not at war with each other |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Hmmm. You may be right. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Bingo! Response to a REASONABLE immediate threat. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I'm slow, but I get there. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Usually you can win the first few |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. To tell the truth, I think this will be our salvation. |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Vietnam invaded Cambodia and deposed PolPot |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Would you call it preemptive? |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Cambodia was not warring with Vietnam, so yes |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Soviet Union vs. Finland, 1939-40 |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Panama. The canal is still under US control |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Seems to me we turned over control of the Panama Canal.... |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. The USA.. in the Spanish-American war of 1898.. we started it, we won..and we |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Remember the Maine!!! = WMD in Iraq. |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Pre-emptive in this sense means attack before being attacked |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Six Day War. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. THAT story is far from over. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Oooooo. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. China Invaded Viet Nam In 1979 |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. China still has Tibet (nt) |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. interesting question. how are we defining "preemptive"? |
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NI4NI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. basically, attacking a country that poses no threat. |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. The US attacked Mexico. That is how we got New Mexico, |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. Panama 1989 |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. one must have a distinction between preemptive and preventive |
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NI4NI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Instead of preemptive, |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Well, in that case, Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia counts. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. China/Tibet (nt) |
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