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Originally posted by gekko
It's 90 days, and there are different proceedures for nuclear weapons.
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So it's 90 days. Doesn't change the fact that it could trigger a serious conflict, no?
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Your country's lifestyle with it's pure capitalism and being the most powerful nation nowadays, is destroying this planet. Soon there won't be anymore oil, drinkable water is also running short, what about trees, animals etc...? I don't say that the other countries are better, but as the #1 nation you should be more careful and give the example, instead of fighting for whatever is left.
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Perhaps. But if other nations are no better, wouldn't that mean that we ARE setting some kind of an example? THink about it, other countries are restrained from doing worse because of the example we set. It's a simple logical inference.
Doing bad or good for the environment is a fairly nebulous distinction. The distinction made would have to be based on the effects the US leaves on the environment. And measuring that can be difficult.
Pure Capitalism? Last I checked, laissez-faire went out of style in this country way back in the 19th century.
This anti-Americanism amuses me. It amuses me in that people are thinking that they would behave much better had they been in America's shoes. Well, I happen to believe that human nature relates to circumstances. So it wouldn't surprise me to find French, German or Russian people acting like Americans had they been in America's shoes.