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Brianwarnock said:

Rich hasn't posted for 2 years, I think his interest waned after Bob wiped out something like 14000 posts, but why he finally stopped I don't know.

I think John Big mainly posts at UA but again I don't know if he is still posting there.

People stop for many reasons and usually without comment, Pat Hartman hasn't been on for some time, others are on intermittently and others like vbaInet disappear if they have a heavy workload , then reappear and seem to be on 24/7

Brian

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Brianwarnock said:

What's with the "we" , it was Bob Larson in a fit of pique, not that Col or Rich were entirely innocent and Bob did apologise and resign from his position as admin. It was 14000 not 1400 , it is amazing how valuable a 0 can be.

This is my last post for a while as off on holiday with my 2 grandsons ( ages just 4 and almost 2) , fortunately taking two helpers, ie their parents.

Brian

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Israel is real terrorist !

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Brianwarnock said:

Empires have come and gone, it does not mean that that the later generations cannot criticize current situations. Some "empires" still exist of course, the USA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA etc but they are not recognised as such, water has to be involved before acquired land is considered part of an empire.

And length of time especially if the new outbreeding the old has an effect too.

Brian

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Frothingslosh said:

The primary reason the US has backed Israel no matter what is simply because Israel has generally been the US's only truly solid ally in the Middle East. When it was set up, the US helped them get the country up and running and sold military equipment to the country, getting a rock-solid ally out of the deal. Because of that, the rest of the arab nations (who saw the move as theft of land from the Palestinians already living there) have generally been suspicious of us, with our only nominal allies among them being Egypt (off and on) and Iran (until the Shah got booted).

The political maneuvering between the US and USSR certainly didn't help matters any, either.

That said, the US has criticized Israel pretty sharply off the record, but will likely never slap Israel down for its actions unless they actually either use a WMD (the handful of nukes they claim they don't have) or start massacres.

And unfortunately, the killing is likely to go on forever - too many people there on both sides hate each other with a holy passion and want nothing less than the other side exterminated.

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Marlin47 said:

Please clarify what you mean by the word "empire ".......especially in the context of both Australia and Canada having one.

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