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44. opps replied to myself, reposted correctly n/t

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Just STOP the war mongering -- Russia is a very weak nation [View all] uawchild Jul 2016 OP

Facts Facts Facts - hey you are killing all the Fear Fear Fear SoLeftIAmRight Jul 2016 #1

If Assad is attacked he will be defended with nukes Cayenne Jul 2016 #2

Link please -- I have to call you out on this one. uawchild Jul 2016 #3

Iskander tactical nukes Cayenne Jul 2016 #6

Ah so you could NOT post a link where Russia made it clear they would use nukes to defend Assad uawchild Jul 2016 #8

He did say they will defend Russians in Syria Cayenne Jul 2016 #10

Nice back pedaling. uawchild Jul 2016 #11

That's called a "pyrrhic victory." Igel Jul 2016 #13

The information you were provided still challenges the myth of Russia as "weak." Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #15

Risking Nuclear War for Al Qaeda? AntiBank Jul 2016 #12

The entire "red menace" was pretty much a fraud CanonRay Jul 2016 #4

Current menace is certainly overblown uawchild Jul 2016 #5

.+1 840high Jul 2016 #9

There was this itsy-bitsy thing of nuclear weapons on intercontinental ballistic missiles. DetlefK Jul 2016 #37

Not true Lithos Jul 2016 #51

It's both things: Nevernose Jul 2016 #7

Yes. Thank you. Russia is both dangerous and weak, and we spend WAY too much Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #16

Serious question, are we, the US, dangerous too? uawchild Jul 2016 #19

Soviet Communist death toll: 61,000,000 people. Mosby Jul 2016 #20

Your numbers are from a blogger pimping his ebook Death by Government with no attribution for Monk06 Jul 2016 #24

the author is a Prof Emeritas at U of Hawaii Mosby Jul 2016 #39

Well hardly a major author or expert in his field and his use of statistics lacks rigor and clarity Monk06 Jul 2016 #42

and you have presented absolutely nothing to prove he's wrong Mosby Jul 2016 #43

It's up to you to prove his conclusions can be trusted My criticism is legitimate his tables of Monk06 Jul 2016 #45

Relax, he moved the goal posts uawchild Jul 2016 #47

your goal post is meaningless Mosby Jul 2016 #54

You living in the year 1800 is meaningless uawchild Jul 2016 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author uawchild Jul 2016 #50

61 million deaths since WWII umm NO uawchild Jul 2016 #26

Russia by a mile Mosby Jul 2016 #40

Are you really claiming Russia killed 60 MILLION people since WWII? Boggle uawchild Jul 2016 #46

"Don't like my answer, then prove me wrong" easily done uawchild Jul 2016 #49

Afghanistan. Eko Jul 2016 #52

80,000 killed Eko Jul 2016 #53

1.3 million dead by US led war on terror uawchild Jul 2016 #57

That make about 2,700,000 deaths for the US uawchild Jul 2016 #58

"U.S. has killed 20-30 million people since WWII" uawchild Jul 2016 #64

opps replied to myself, reposted correctly n/t uawchild Jul 2016 #44

Indigenous Americans might disagree with you. uawchild Jul 2016 #48

your blaming Americans for the effects of pathogens that were not even understood at the time Mosby Jul 2016 #55

Small Pox blankets uawchild Jul 2016 #60

those were british not americans Mosby Jul 2016 #61

Please don't lie about small pox, you are so totally wrong uawchild Jul 2016 #62

"those were british not americans" Woah, nice try lol uawchild Jul 2016 #63

The high end of the population in North America is generally around 18 million mythology Jul 2016 #70

They understood smallpox was contagious and how to transmit it uawchild Jul 2016 #71

All concentration of power is dangerous. The absence of power presents it's own danger. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #56

Russia is building military relations and there are those in the West that want to put a "hit" PufPuf23 Jul 2016 #14

Russia annexed Crimea (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #17

Just for fun explain the difference uawchild Jul 2016 #18

In 1845 my answer to your question would indeed have been different (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #21

Hawaii was annexed by US in 1898 uawchild Jul 2016 #27

All countries have done bad things throughout history. We do not make a better world pampango Jul 2016 #28

The problem is demonization and overlooking our own actions. uawchild Jul 2016 #29

I don't mind 'demonizing' the US for Vietnam/Iraq AND Russia for Crimea. pampango Jul 2016 #32

Excellent reply uawchild Jul 2016 #34

Just by way of fact Stalin removed the Muslim Tatar majority in 1945, swift forced relocation at Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #65

Just by the way of fact Roosevelt moved 120,000 ethnic Japanese Americans to internment camps uawchild Jul 2016 #66

if you don't include what our government did to our indigenous populations, or what the Brits pulled KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #68

Its interesting that Russia and Germany are treated differently... uawchild Jul 2016 #73

A very smart Frenchman, La Rochefoucauld, noted a few KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #78

Most of the American Southwest was stolen from Mexico after 1850. Continuing the KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #67

Well for one... Adrahil Jul 2016 #80

The warmongering will cease when Russia withdraws from Crimea, ends military support of the civil Little Tich Jul 2016 #22

russia and its military capabilities is a joke. but makes a convenient redherring to deflect KG Jul 2016 #23

Russia's military capacity is no joke It is leaner, more targeted, more asymmetrical and more agile Monk06 Jul 2016 #25

But war is so exciting and so profitable! JNelson6563 Jul 2016 #30

I do find people who assert Russia is going to conquer Europe amusing. bemildred Jul 2016 #31

U.S. accuses Russian warship of aggressive maneuvers near U.S. navy ship bemildred Jul 2016 #33

U.S. says Russian ship raised false signal in incident bemildred Jul 2016 #35

there's a sig file in there! uawchild Jul 2016 #38

Sorry. War mongering will continue until someone figures out a way people get richer on peace. nt merrily Jul 2016 #36

Thread winner! If Russia did not exist, it would be necessary to KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #69

But Trump et al want us living with Cold War fear again. nt Ilsa Jul 2016 #41

Perhaps you should ask the people of Georgia, Ukraine and chechnya about how mythology Jul 2016 #72

And we should also ask the people of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan uawchild Jul 2016 #74

Lets talk about Chechnya uawchild Jul 2016 #75

Leave Russia ALONE! NobodyHere Jul 2016 #76

LOLOLOLOLO uawchild Jul 2016 #77

Ukrainians would disagree about Russia being a "weak nation". Odin2005 Jul 2016 #79

fascinating thread during which your cred has been destroyed uhnope Jul 2016 #81