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International (and local) politics and positioning of armed forces are real and necessary things. The game (and it is a game) of Nation vs. Nation will be played, whether anyone likes it or not. Death sucks,.. paying for positioning forces sucks,.. paying for lunch sucks,.. but they all have to happ...

"...the US administration appear to have a larger purpose in mind. As war with China and Pakistan approaches, president Trump wants to keep American troops active in Afghanistan, and to continue to maintain several American military bases in Afghanistan , including two air bases in Bagram and Kanda...

"..of course, tyrannies nearly always "degenerate" into evil nastiness, but it's not an absolute inevitability." Doesn't absolute power always corrupt absolutely? "Corrupting" is not the question. The question is how they "degenerate". Sometimes they "degenerate" into a republic, like they (it) did...

So he just keeps posting here. It's like talking to a brick wall. An OCD college sophomore philosophy major brick wall with an uncomfortable dorm room. ..no more Red Bull and Mountain Dew for YOU, Aeden!! But we do love 'ya, you verbacious knid, you! :) Perhaps some "herbaciousness" might help? Are...

> The "overlord" AI would have to be granted exclusive > uninterruptible manipulation of "powerful" physical things and > vital data. It's the "exclusive" and "uninterruptible" parts that > will be the tricky part. What about the fact that intelligent robots will be used in war, and sent out with i...

> ( And that's why I'm not a big believer in the Singularity. .... ) There's a widespread belief that the US or the UN or someone can set ethical rules that will control whether the Singularity occurs, and what it will be permitted to do and forbidden from doing. This is a total fantasy, with no re...

"Referendum" is a good word choice. Sisi's human rights record is ... ... and Human Rights tyranny. Wow. "Human Rights tyranny" is an odd term. What does tyranny mean if not the absence of basic Human Rights? Tyrannies CAN be a good thing, if the tyrant is "good" (non-evil). Tyranny simply means ru...

divorced So the latter "non-troglodyte", then. As expected. ..and no need to give out any "personal" info, John-O. Though, I have given you folks my "mistress who is the sea" (who will probably kill me) info,.. but to be fair and divulge more personal info,.. I'm really quite short. ..except for "t...

SOCIALIST! I did it. I touched the butt ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCoKdqXfpBw ) <CHORTLE!> Hee heh he he he... Touche! :D I am the buh-utt,.. They are the Buh-utts,.. I am the walrus, Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob, goo goo I'm against it. If everythin...

> Although,.. it could be argued that "uncertainty" was actually > COMPLIMENTING women ... In the situation being described, I doubt that "arguing" anything would be a fruitful idea. ...apparently John is married. Or at least NOT a basement bound "Player Unknown" playing geeky nerd troglodyte unacc...