Pope John Paul II

"I was just following orders" paraphrasing the most popular defense from the trial 

(I voted yes)

I'd say a draw because of of the fact there is a giant sea between them. Ground invasion would be pointless, and China and Russia wouldnt be able to attack the mainland of USA, and vice versa. Naval and Air battles would occur but whoever is closer to their supply lines and bases have the major advantage so wherever the battle takes place is going to lean slightly to whoever has the closest support. (Id say USA would win most of the time)

Thank geography because if Russia,China, and USA were on the same continent then China/Russia would win.

"The Americans are truly a lucky people. They are bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors and to the east and west by fish." -Otto Von Bismark

I am not sure what to say about this, I see the point that Airlines knows not all of the people will get on the plane, but when I saw the video I really thought it was crazy how they did that to a customer. HOWEVER, I will play the devils advocate and say "yes" and wait for @Sargun to qoute me and say something about my opinon.

Himilayas will be a major factor limiting the Indians form attacking China, and China from attacking India so I would say whoever has a defensive war wins. However based on China's advanced aresenal compared to Indias, I would say China would have a advantage even with the himilayas in place.

11 hours ago, Sargun said:

This is not true.  The United States has NEVER had a carbon emissions tax, and Obama did not implement one.  In fact, Obama preferred cap-and-trade over a carbon tax.  You are woefully misinformed.

 

My bad Mr. Sargun I confused Carbon Emissions for Cap-and-trade

In the U.S we had a carbon emmisions tax when Obama was president and many companies became angry and voted for Trump who would erase the tax. So in realilty this tax always has a backlash in a democratic society, so it wont work if canidates pledge to remove it or to put it in place when they are elected or it will switch every 4 years. I opt for innovation and competiton for renewable energy VS non-reneable companies which will turn out in more effeicent and hopefully less polluting way to obtain energy. Thus why I clicked other.

I use private healthcare and it works great for me, so I voted no

@Rin

One modern nuclear bomb can kill millions of people instantly and kill others thorugh radiation, and that is only one. If nuclear wapons were used in war M.A.D will occur and billions would die as thousands of nuclear warheads, many much stronger than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima, would hit major cities everywhere not only instantly vaporizing hundreds of thousand of people but then bring death in the form of radiation (Think of it hitting New York, 8 Million would die). Those who are from places that did not be hit directly from the nukes would suffer as the thousands Nuclear Bombs would create a nuclear winter which would block sunlight from the sun which would kill plant life which would result in a mass exstinction event. Comparing that to aircraft I assume without nuclear capabilites could not be compared to the effects sinlge plane could do, as one nuclear bomb could drop a payload of 1-100 Megatons of TNT, far more than non-nuclear planes can.

These effects are a great deterrent for a high majority of nuclear armed states, as if a nuclear war occured what would they gain if everything including themslves are destroyed?

Well I would say banks should face responsiblility, but I agree with FDIC which insures people who use the bank up to 250k dollars in case a bank fails. I voted yes cause we did it in 2008 and no bank runs occured (Or atleast I think none).

On April 3, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Rin said:

It works until it doesn't. It's a deterrent, just like bows, crossbows, rifles, machine guns, aircraft, and every other superweapon in the past. And then it becomes the norm.

 

 

Nowhere in history has man had the ability to have a weapon which can destroy all life on earth 2 times over, until the invention of the Nuclear Bomb. The comparison of a nuclear weapon to past weapons such as a bow, aircraft, etc does not seem to be the same concept.

M.A.D has deterred large scale wars between super-powers so I guess it has

BREXIT, FREXIT, GEXIT, NEXIT, etc...

48 minutes ago, Tevron said:

A bit beside the point, but the US would decimate the Iranian military in a week with air superiority alone. Air combat is the most important type of combat when it comes to destroying an enemy's military. I think you're undervaluing the gap between the US and the rest of the world by a lot.

 

A10s go brrrrrvt

Saudi Arabia since they have better equipment and technology and bought lots of western equipment. Iran also has good military but I think Saudi Arabia would still win.

23 hours ago, Micchan said:

AKKARIN IS CUTE! 

 

Smoki Smoku

The first picture is creepy

Firing squad is best method of execution.

That war was un-necessary as Saddam Hussein kept Iraq stabalized even if he was cruel dictator. He was great at killing terrorists and keeping Iraq stable so removing him from power was a mess.

1 minute ago, Dabawss said:

support the LAW, make sure that EVERYONE is held accountable to it

Yeah +1

1 minute ago, Dabawss said:

support the LAW, make sure that EVERYONE is held accountable to it

Yeah +1

Support the BLUE line! 

I am a American so I don't know much about U.K and the scotland independence movement, but I think a united Britain is better than one thats split up.

On February 23, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Nexa said:

Yo Pope where is your nation?

Ps. Sorry for off

 

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