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Question: Who do you think it is?
#1
Argentina
 
#2
Australia
 
#3
Bahrain
 
#4
Egypt
 
#5
Israel
 
#6
Japan
 
#7
Jordan
 
#8
Kuwait
 
#9
Morocco
 
#10
New Zealand
 
#11
Pakistan
 
#12
Philippines
 
#13
South Korea
 
#14
Thailand
 
#15
NOTA
 
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Total Voters: 58

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« on: February 15, 2009, 07:14:09 PM »

LOL@anyone saying Israel. Israel has stolen far more military and nuclear secrets from the US than Iran has. Hell Israel has probably done more so than any country except for the Soviet Union and its satellites and I suppose China. Israel's nuclear program is entirely based on things they stole from the US.
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BRTD
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2009, 02:08:25 AM »

btw, is Argentina really an "ally?" I can't imagine most Americans rooted for them in 1982.

Of course not, but are most Americans ever going to root for any other country over Canada or the UK?
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BRTD
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2009, 02:11:36 AM »

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A professor at a prestigious university claimed to me that Pakistan wasn't really a democracy. Then again, neither is Russia. Neither is Georgia, since apparently there were accusations of fraud in its 2008 elections...

Invalidates the McDonalds thing, not democratic thing.

The first war with Israel could classify as war between democracies, since Syria actually had a democratically elected government in 1948 (toppled in a military coup not too long after that though.) One could make a case for the NATO countries against Serbia in 1999 too.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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Posts: 113,434
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Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2009, 01:20:04 PM »

btw, is Argentina really an "ally?" I can't imagine most Americans rooted for them in 1982.

Of course not, but are most Americans ever going to root for any other country over Canada or the UK?

An invasion of France (Can you hear the revolutionary rhetoric resurfacing/ another NATO country) or Ireland (very strong bloodlines in the US) would do the trick. I have several reasons on why, outside of the UK being the aggressor. I don't think Americans would tolerate the UK invading a lot of countries, actually.

Ridiculous examples with no chance of happening though. Besides, the UK did not invade Argentina.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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Posts: 113,434
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2009, 03:26:02 AM »

I'd say actually the McDonald's thing was invalided with the invasion of Panama in 1989, so 10 years before the NATO bombing of Serbia actually.
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