You’re correct about the current world we live in. I went to war to help our economic trading partners whose economies affected our own. Kuwait’s occupation did not directly affect us and despite the peaceful embargo threats, Saddam continued to assert his claim of rightful conquest. It was also our military stance after the ceasefire that prevented Saddam’s expansion and the embargoes embittered the Iraqis against us when we finally decided to dethrone him. History does not only consist of WW2 as an example. the same thing has been happening for millenia. Tibet and Kosovo are polar opposites of bellicose decisions. Rome fell from internal dissension and civil war when those energies could have been better spent keeping the borders secure in offensive actions. The problems we face now have always plagued empires. We just happen to be lucky enough to be somewhat isolated an our economic empire is falling apart due to our society’s inability to adapt to the fact that the world is changing.
We have to protect that empire and a soft and weak military will cause that economic empire to be taken advantage of. You can use post war Germany and Japan as examples of weak military and economic growth but remember that their economies were heavily subsidized by our military might protecting their trade from others who would take it from them. I’ll just mention the Ukraine for a contemporary example and you can research the history, both economically and politically and come to your own conclusion.
New Game
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yes but i’m kinda confused cuz i had to sign up for like 5 different things….plus apparently there’s no new game starting right now and i don’t want to jump into the middle of an old one…i guess i’ll wait for game 6
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The competition game starts this comming week. Its not to late. there are a lot of people that signed up but are not responding now. If they don’t send in their first turn they will forfeit their country and it will be given to someone on the waiting list.
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AdmanB I saw you name on the waiting list. Your #4 I will keep an eye out to see if you get a country.
btownthug did you sign up for the comp game? If so what address did you use?
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I will check it out. Thanks for the heads up dzrtfish.
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AdmanB I see you have been assigned a south American Tribe :smile: You need to get a hold of tribal nation #10. He is in North America but he will help you. Tell him that Prince William told you to contact him for advice. I belive his Email is boneman14@yahoo.com its on the comp page with everyone else’s.
Good Luck!
By the way, there is already one nation open and probably more to come next week for any one who would like to give it a try.
“Always mystify confuse and confound the enemy” Gen. Thomas J Jackson
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[ This Message was edited by: dezrtfish on 2002-05-12 18:41 ]
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i think i signed up but i haven’t been back to the webiste in ahwile…i’m using “addingmachine18@cs.com” as my email i’ll be in game 6 if nothing else
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I see that you’ve been added to the comp game in North America.
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Hehe, I’ve got all the allies I need in the form of the Incan Empire and another group of tribals.
BTW, I’m also in the England game. And the WW1 game.
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Cool, I’m pretty far from you but you never know how things turn out in this game. I am also in game 5
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Please tell me that this is someone from here. nice_guy_joey@hotmail.com
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