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Paul Kennedy's peaceful humans
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Submitted by Ugri (Finland), Sep 26, 2008 at 01:38
"It is, he (Paul M. Kennedy) noted, an optimistic approach, presuming humans to be reasonable and peaceful."
Poor prof. Kennedy! Like apparently so many academics he seems to be living inside a bubble, saturated with those Humanistic Values so highly praised by the New Atheists. Oblivious of the outside world teeming with very irrational, very unreasonable and unpeaceful demons. Raging demons.
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| Obama's Foreign Policy: Dangerous Game of Appeasement [18 words] | Behshad Hastibakhsh | Nov 21, 2009 15:10 | 164855 | ||
| apeeasement at whose expense [126 words] | Y Brandstetter MD | May 14, 2009 01:04 | 155393 | ||
| Comment [74 words] | John | Nov 8, 2008 01:05 | 142412 | ||
| Israel must rely on it's Jewish population and World Jewry [377 words] | Joe Hamilton | Oct 25, 2008 23:49 | 141015 | ||
 Maybe- But Eventually Israel Will Come To Rely on Her LORD. [313 words] | M. Tovey | Nov 3, 2008 13:46 | 141015 | ||
| Nothing in the article about Iran [134 words] | michael | Oct 23, 2008 16:57 | 140804 | ||
| Army Strong [616 words] | Zentrist | Oct 22, 2008 20:40 | 140714 | ||
| 2 | Appeasing who, Iran.why? [364 words] | Stephen Margolis | Oct 22, 2008 18:24 | 140707 | |
| Appeasement will work for PRESIDENT OBAMA ! ! ! , LOL [70 words] | Phil Greend | Oct 21, 2008 21:10 | 140643 | ||
| Iran Cannot Appease the LORD Almighty God of Israel. [428 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 20, 2008 19:50 | 140551 | ||
| None can claim victory but God [558 words] | sTs | Oct 29, 2008 12:23 | 140551 | ||
| Thirteen Years Later - Is Iranian Islamic Republic Appeased? [189 words] | M Tovey | Jul 29, 2021 16:48 | 140551 | ||
| Appeasement in the Face of Increased Hostilities [243 words] | M Tovey | Jul 31, 2021 18:22 | 140551 | ||
| Partial Answer - Reinforcement of Notion that Islamic Resurgence is No Longer Muted Threat [89 words] | M Tovey | Aug 24, 2021 17:59 | 140551 | ||
| 1 | A religion in Islam does not exist [456 words] | Prashant | Sep 11, 2021 11:23 | 140551 | |
| Capitalism/ Bushism failed - Iran won [207 words] | Nishi | Oct 18, 2008 09:07 | 140397 | ||
| nishi [68 words] | btilly | Oct 19, 2008 02:40 | 140397 | ||
| Mohammedanism misinterpreted in 1784 [185 words] | PDM | Oct 14, 2008 18:56 | 140183 | ||
| The shores of Tripoli... [108 words] | donvan | Oct 21, 2008 12:10 | 140183 | ||
| Ronald Reagan on appeasement [41 words] | PDM | Oct 8, 2008 02:51 | 139718 | ||
| Appeasement works [10 words] | Schimpff | Oct 6, 2008 00:22 | 139596 | ||
| when was that ... perhaps I was asleep ... [24 words] | Oliver | Oct 21, 2008 14:58 | 139596 | ||
| Prominent Muslims: Why Do They Hate Us? [383 words] | PDM | Oct 1, 2008 21:37 | 139444 | ||
| PDM, why Muslims hate us [134 words] | Infidel | Oct 4, 2008 17:30 | 139444 | ||
| Mohammedanism means PIECE! [31 words] | PDM | Oct 7, 2008 00:13 | 139444 | ||
| probably a good idea to get facts straight... [49 words] | Taj | Oct 7, 2008 18:53 | 139444 | ||
| Taj, are these facts or fiction [172 words] | Infidel | Oct 8, 2008 17:04 | 139444 | ||
| to elucidate... [528 words] | Taj | Oct 10, 2008 16:49 | 139444 | ||
| Not true [142 words] | Nura | Oct 11, 2008 18:55 | 139444 | ||
| Nura and Taj, out of context [209 words] | Infidel | Oct 12, 2008 01:44 | 139444 | ||
| APPEASE IRAN-NURA [87 words] | btilly` | Oct 12, 2008 07:29 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Nura is back and more drivel [555 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 12, 2008 09:00 | 139444 | ||
| Paganism and Muslims [146 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 12, 2008 09:09 | 139444 | ||
| Oh I forgot to ask our dear Nura [66 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 12, 2008 16:07 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Taj and sometimes it is better not to "elucidate" [1376 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 12, 2008 17:31 | 139444 | ||
| "context" [91 words] | Taj | Oct 13, 2008 05:52 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Taj and al-wali wa al-mawali and the Quranic word awliya' [399 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 13, 2008 08:21 | 139444 | ||
| Why would you care? [83 words] | Nura | Oct 13, 2008 11:57 | 139444 | ||
| Ungrateful servants of Allah: Your only a rebel in his kingdom! [424 words] | Nura | Oct 13, 2008 15:47 | 139444 | ||
| Taj, understanding the Qur'an [85 words] | Infidel | Oct 13, 2008 19:55 | 139444 | ||
| 1 | Paganism and Muslims and the saga continues [275 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 14, 2008 07:07 | 139444 | |
| Our dear Nura and Allah's multiple names or aqaneem [316 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 14, 2008 07:38 | 139444 | ||
| The context again and tafseer v. ta'weel [423 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 14, 2008 07:59 | 139444 | ||
| just a little more, infidel... [132 words] | Taj | Oct 14, 2008 16:05 | 139444 | ||
| 4 | Aramaic is not Arabic LOL, [852 words] | Nura | Oct 14, 2008 17:26 | 139444 | |
| nura [13 words] | btilly | Oct 14, 2008 17:46 | 139444 | ||
| 1 | Taj, the world belongs to Allah and his apostle [176 words] | Infidel | Oct 14, 2008 18:49 | 139444 | |
| Our dear Taj and hot air [334 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 15, 2008 07:01 | 139444 | ||
| Waste of time.. [81 words] | donvan | Oct 15, 2008 13:56 | 139444 | ||
| waste of time redux [54 words] | Taj | Oct 15, 2008 17:58 | 139444 | ||
| another lesson in context... [228 words] | Taj | Oct 15, 2008 18:32 | 139444 | ||
| to miss dhimmi no more what ever that means [118 words] | Hamid Ismat | Oct 16, 2008 13:12 | 139444 | ||
| Clarification of Attributes [222 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 16, 2008 17:16 | 139444 | ||
| More from our dear Nura and Islamic paganism and the saga continues [1340 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 17, 2008 08:20 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Hamid another victim of arabic imperialism [46 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 17, 2008 08:24 | 139444 | ||
| 2 | Isaiah book and Pope Paul II [123 words] | sTs | Oct 17, 2008 10:08 | 139444 | |
| Correction : Pope Paul VI [15 words] | sts | Oct 17, 2008 15:27 | 139444 | ||
| some of Muhammad prophecies [142 words] | sts | Oct 17, 2008 15:44 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Hamid and islam is really the religion of the arabs only [377 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 18, 2008 09:22 | 139444 | ||
| But it seems that he has a family [92 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 18, 2008 11:44 | 139444 | ||
| And speaking of names [85 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 18, 2008 11:51 | 139444 | ||
| Oh you forgot one of the attributes of Allah [28 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 18, 2008 11:55 | 139444 | ||
| sts, prophecies from Islam [47 words] | Infidel | Oct 19, 2008 01:39 | 139444 | ||
| Attributes an Agenda:Response toTovey [1471 words] | Nura | Oct 19, 2008 02:15 | 139444 | ||
| No doubt.. [204 words] | donvan | Oct 20, 2008 08:30 | 139444 | ||
| Truth in Faith - Isaiah Points to Yeshua HaMashiach as LORD [183 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 20, 2008 12:16 | 139444 | ||
| Correction Noted - Previous Response Still the Same - Yeshua HaMashiach Still LORD [7 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 20, 2008 12:19 | 139444 | ||
| Satisfaction in the Fulfillment of Holy Bible According to the Word of Yeshua HaMashiach [47 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 20, 2008 12:23 | 139444 | ||
| Here are the references for the prophecies [857 words] | sTs | Oct 20, 2008 13:55 | 139444 | ||
| There is No Desperation in the Hope on the Holy One of Israel - Yeshua HaMashiach - The Son of David, Son of Man.. [619 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 20, 2008 18:15 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Nura I'm still waiting for answers! [166 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 21, 2008 07:39 | 139444 | ||
| NURA [41 words] | btilly | Oct 21, 2008 15:21 | 139444 | ||
| Taj: Do the hadith trump the Koran? [401 words] | Plato | Oct 22, 2008 02:12 | 139444 | ||
| Biting the hand that Feeds you [449 words] | Ariana | Oct 22, 2008 06:44 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear samer and "fortelling" the future and a taste of his own medicine revisited one more time [128 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 22, 2008 07:48 | 139444 | ||
| RE: M Tovey [4129 words] | Nura | Oct 24, 2008 19:38 | 139444 | ||
| continue to wait [170 words] | Nura | Oct 24, 2008 20:19 | 139444 | ||
| :Re Btily [32 words] | Nura | Oct 24, 2008 20:26 | 139444 | ||
| Nura 101 [1048 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 26, 2008 08:31 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Nura and Allah al-makkar [77 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 26, 2008 08:36 | 139444 | ||
| Cherry picking time and Nura: it seems that Allah has no difficulty with the Trinity as defined Christians [181 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 26, 2008 08:48 | 139444 | ||
| Islam May Get Its Moment on Earth - But the King of Kings, King of Israel, Son of David, Moves Only According to the WORD of the LORD in the Holy Bible [1208 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 27, 2008 15:29 | 139444 | ||
| You didn't answer my question [61 words] | Nura | Oct 30, 2008 00:33 | 139444 | ||
| What question?and it seems that Allah has no difficulty with the Trinity as defined by Chirstians [204 words] | dhimmi no more | Nov 1, 2008 08:47 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Nura and more drivel [239 words] | dhimmi no more | Nov 2, 2008 08:40 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Nura is agrees that allah is the greatest deciever and as if we did not know [73 words] | dhimmi no more | Nov 2, 2008 09:37 | 139444 | ||
| Our dear Nura you still did not answer my question and you think that I did not notice? [184 words] | dhimmi no more | Nov 2, 2008 09:43 | 139444 | ||
| Allah Help is always near! [3689 words] | Nura | Nov 14, 2008 16:13 | 139444 | ||
| No Further Debate Necessary [285 words] | M. Tovey | Nov 17, 2008 18:29 | 139444 | ||
| nura [90 words] | btilly | Nov 24, 2008 12:14 | 139444 | ||
| What are you doing? [246 words] | Razzak Khan | Dec 17, 2008 05:29 | 139444 | ||
| the trinity, Jesus, etcetera [80 words] | Josh | Feb 22, 2011 10:24 | 139444 | ||
| Just a Response [118 words] | Logan | Nov 26, 2012 12:08 | 139444 | ||
| 1 | Rahman is a Name, not an Attribute of Allah [174 words] | Ali | Dec 12, 2012 21:48 | 139444 | |
| response to another lesson in context taj [127 words] | maj | Sep 11, 2015 21:54 | 139444 | ||
| Nura vs trinity [563 words] | Shannon | May 10, 2017 10:32 | 139444 | ||
| Great Powers Using Smaller Nations As Pawns [504 words] | STK | Oct 1, 2008 14:54 | 139426 | ||
| WWII appeasement [12 words] | joe rose | Sep 30, 2008 04:59 | 139362 | ||
| The threat of an unpredictable nation [284 words] | Khaled Aly | Sep 29, 2008 21:43 | 139341 | ||
| Mr. King Never Asked… [1352 words] | Amil Imani | Sep 29, 2008 21:34 | 139340 | ||
| Please Send Your Comment to Larry King and Many Newspapers and TV News Outlets [81 words] | Sofa Sogood | Oct 2, 2008 10:34 | 139340 | ||
| Sofa Sogood [29 words] | Amil Imani | Oct 3, 2008 15:07 | 139340 | ||
| From a proud Iranian Muslim [77 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 5, 2008 00:53 | 139340 | ||
| to Saeed Imani [71 words] | AS | Oct 6, 2008 04:36 | 139340 | ||
| To Saeed [128 words] | Amil Imani | Oct 6, 2008 06:30 | 139340 | ||
| AS- Sorry, You are totally misguided [74 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 8, 2008 17:20 | 139340 | ||
| Amil Imani: You proved my speculation !! [43 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 8, 2008 17:24 | 139340 | ||
| Amil Imani- Even FOX announced Islam is on the RISE in USA [30 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 8, 2008 17:27 | 139340 | ||
| Give it up Saeed Khan [977 words] | Amil Imani | Oct 10, 2008 15:22 | 139340 | ||
| Islam is on the RISE in USA means 1000 + 1 = 1001 [851 words] | The Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Oct 10, 2008 21:44 | 139340 | ||
| Yet Christianity Is Growing Fast In The Global South [44 words] | AnneM | Oct 12, 2008 16:00 | 139340 | ||
| Our dear Saeed who is another victim of Arabian imperialism [71 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 12, 2008 17:39 | 139340 | ||
| AnneM, Muslim growing population [162 words] | Infidel | Oct 13, 2008 16:00 | 139340 | ||
| Amil: You are on the WRONG side of History [33 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 14, 2008 18:59 | 139340 | ||
| Our Dear dhimmi: You can't seperate Persians & Islam even with a Centrifuge [78 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 14, 2008 19:09 | 139340 | ||
| AnneM- Even your next President is a Muslim- Islam knocking on your doors [63 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 14, 2008 19:14 | 139340 | ||
| 8 | Saeed, but Allah is a False God. Allah is not the almighty God that we humans believe in. You have been brainwashed by the mullahs [942 words] | Amil Imani | Oct 15, 2008 17:31 | 139340 | |
| actually, Amil is on the RIGHT side of history [314 words] | The Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Oct 15, 2008 23:15 | 139340 | ||
| Infidel: What's hard for you to comprehend? [32 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 16, 2008 18:03 | 139340 | ||
| Amil: Use some Wisdom. [30 words] | Saeed Bakhtiar | Oct 16, 2008 18:06 | 139340 | ||
| Saeed, what's the matter with you, aren't you able to read what I said? [81 words] | Amil Imani | Oct 16, 2008 18:31 | 139340 | ||
| ideas CAN be defeated [412 words] | The Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Oct 16, 2008 21:21 | 139340 | ||
| How dare Amil question such authority! [220 words] | The Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Oct 16, 2008 21:29 | 139340 | ||
| Our dear Saeed and his Arab masters [107 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 17, 2008 08:27 | 139340 | ||
| Prophecies that have become true [112 words] | sts | Oct 17, 2008 15:38 | 139340 | ||
| 1 | Real Persians have no like for the arabs or their culture [256 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 18, 2008 08:13 | 139340 | |
| Amil- You stay where ever you are, and Let me stay where ever I am.. [32 words] | saeed bakhtiar | Oct 20, 2008 17:28 | 139340 | ||
| dhimmi: Why are you so stubborn? [42 words] | saeed bakhtiar | Oct 20, 2008 17:34 | 139340 | ||
| Persians and Arabian imperialism [342 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 21, 2008 07:27 | 139340 | ||
| Saeed Bakhtiar [13 words] | Irandoost | Apr 6, 2009 18:04 | 139340 | ||
| True persians [37 words] | grimjo bakhtiar | Oct 25, 2009 19:24 | 139340 | ||
| Appeasement [192 words] | Wayne | Sep 29, 2008 01:28 | 139311 | ||
| What Happens When a Desire for Peace At Any Price Meets an Insatiable Desire for World Conquest? [27 words] | Sofa Sogood | Sep 30, 2008 12:44 | 139311 | ||
| Who are the "peace keepers"? [24 words] | Nura | Nov 24, 2008 00:05 | 139311 | ||
| Appease Iran? [180 words] | Fazal Habib Curmally | Sep 29, 2008 00:11 | 139309 | ||
| Appeasement and the Meaning of America Second, brought to us by Joe Biden in his own words [176 words] | Sofa Sogood | Sep 28, 2008 15:11 | 139293 | ||
| Appeasement and Economic Pearl Harbor -- Russia Supplying Venezuela with Nukes -- Excuse me, Nuclear Cooperation. [973 words] | Sofa Sogood | Sep 27, 2008 23:11 | 139270 | ||
| British were NOT appeasers it's just not true [50 words] | Harvey | Sep 27, 2008 15:30 | 139261 | ||
| Worse than Appeasement [74 words] | Jay | Sep 27, 2008 12:19 | 139257 | ||
| Not Appeasement [481 words] | Douglas Kohn | Sep 26, 2008 19:49 | 139233 | ||
| Apeasement is the force that allows evil to exist. [98 words] | John F. Schmidley | Sep 26, 2008 14:20 | 139213 | ||
| Doing the Right Thing [213 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Sep 26, 2008 12:31 | 139210 | ||
| Let's not forget the pirates of Barbary and how they ended [149 words] | Manny | Sep 26, 2008 12:20 | 139209 | ||
| Manny,who were the Barbary pirates? [3 words] | Infidel | Sep 27, 2008 00:14 | 139209 | ||
| Containment. [352 words] | Lynn | Sep 26, 2008 12:06 | 139207 | ||
| who appease who [42 words] | sts | Oct 17, 2008 15:53 | 139207 | ||
| 1 | Hudna? [38 words] | Ron Kilmartin | Sep 26, 2008 02:00 | 139193 | |
 Paul Kennedy's peaceful humans [61 words] | Ugri | Sep 26, 2008 01:38 | 139191 | ||
| Alas for Israel! [199 words] | John W McGinley | Sep 25, 2008 17:50 | 139179 | ||
| by another name [41 words] | cvt | Sep 25, 2008 16:26 | 139176 | ||
| the game played in between. [278 words] | trans-parere | Sep 25, 2008 16:05 | 139175 | ||
| If It Were Only Iran That Needed to be Appeased [591 words] | M. Tovey | Sep 25, 2008 16:02 | 139174 | ||
| the politics of lying beautifully [66 words] | G.Vishvas | Sep 25, 2008 15:54 | 139172 | ||
| Excellent discourse on contemporary reality [34 words] | Mike Baker | Sep 25, 2008 15:51 | 139171 | ||
| Fine theory but these little nasty facts... [816 words] | Ianus | Sep 25, 2008 15:49 | 139170 | ||
| 1 | Why present strategies and Western Institutions are hopeless and helpless aganist Iran [374 words] | Donald James Liveley BA, BS, MBA | Sep 25, 2008 14:27 | 139166 | |
| The West has lost faith in itself and it's ideals [434 words] | Ken Besig | Sep 25, 2008 13:35 | 139161 | ||
| Appeasing Iran [80 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Sep 25, 2008 12:56 | 139157 | ||
| An ongoing act of Appeasement? [761 words] | Ron Thompson | Sep 25, 2008 12:51 | 139156 | ||
| The problem with appeasement is it has never worked! [250 words] | Margaret Hood | Sep 25, 2008 12:15 | 139153 | ||
| WWII Merchant Marine [151 words] | Bryant Hopkins | Sep 25, 2008 12:10 | 139152 | ||
| Yes, Daniel Pipes is a secular prophet ! [146 words] | Anne-Marie Delcambre | Sep 28, 2008 04:47 | 139152 | ||
| Show me da money! [28 words] | Abu Nudnik | Sep 25, 2008 10:43 | 139148 | ||
| President Bush is an appeasement president [305 words] | Steve Klein | Sep 25, 2008 09:13 | 139143 | ||
| Why Bush is in an "appeasement mood". [79 words] | Ben Z | Sep 25, 2008 09:00 | 139141 | ||
| Aggression? Retaliation? Anticipatory Defense? [163 words] | GWK | Sep 25, 2008 07:14 | 139135 | ||
| Appeasement [494 words] | Kyle Gosnell | Sep 25, 2008 06:06 | 139134 | ||
| Appease Jihad? [100 words] | Brian of London | Sep 25, 2008 04:36 | 139132 |
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