The republican foreign policy is simple. If we like you, we’ll send you lots of guns and ammo. Then, if we it turns out we change our minds and we don’t like you, then we’ll trot out even more guns and ammo and start shooting you. The really sad part is that the democrats are generally almost as bellicose. We are a primitive species, aren’t we?
twclix: Which is why I support the Green Party (grassroots democracy, economic justice, environmental responsibility, and nonviolent change) despite the fact that it may not be so much as mentioned in any corporate medium, print or broadcast, even a notice of a meeting.
He always leaves logic alone. That’s his name. Ignore him. Like Harley he’s just a troll looking for an argument. (But I bet he disagrees, just like in the Monty Python skit)..
Here is the entry from the Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary. The applicable meaning is given in 3a) (2):
trea·ty /’trēd.ē, ēt, i/ noun -es often attributiveEtymology: Middle English tretee, Etymology: from Middle French traité, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin tractatus treaty, from Latin, handling, treatment, treatise, from tractatus, past participle of tractare to handle, manage, discuss, treat ‒ more at TREAT1 obsolete : TREATISE<in his excellent ~ of bodies - Sir Thomas Browne>2 : the action of treating and especially of negotiating : discussion aimed at an adjustment of differences or the reaching of an agreement — usually used in the phrase in treaty<unable to endure his loneliness, he was in ~ for a new wife — Times Literary Supplement>3 a) : an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation: (1) : PRIVATE TREATY (2) : a contract in writing between two or more political authorities (as states or sovereigns) formally signed by representatives duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the state<the president … shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties - U.S. Constitution>- see PERSONAL TREATY, REAL TREATY — compare BILATERAL, CONVENTION, EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT, MULTILATERAL, PROTOCOLb) : a document in which such a contract is set down4 : a formal meeting between representatives of the United States government and of one or more Indian tribes designed to produce a settlement (as of issues in dispute)<Congress had promised them a ~, which was to have been holden about this time — Rufus Putnam>5 : an agreement or contract (as between companies) providing for treaty reinsurance
Carl Premium Member about 9 years ago
Like when Pelosi was having her private meetings with Assad during th Bush years?
Fred Renigar about 9 years ago
Almost as bad as when Dems held private meetings with Noriega…enough of the hypocritical crap Democrats!
lopaka about 9 years ago
If I remember correctly, the executive branch negotiates. Congress then ratifies or rejects the result.
What the h is Cotton attempting here?
twclix about 9 years ago
The republican foreign policy is simple. If we like you, we’ll send you lots of guns and ammo. Then, if we it turns out we change our minds and we don’t like you, then we’ll trot out even more guns and ammo and start shooting you. The really sad part is that the democrats are generally almost as bellicose. We are a primitive species, aren’t we?
retpost about 9 years ago
Again: he is the best money cay buy, then again this is a reason to take big money out of politics.
eugene57 about 9 years ago
People will stop commenting on your posts when you stop posting.
hippogriff about 9 years ago
twclix: Which is why I support the Green Party (grassroots democracy, economic justice, environmental responsibility, and nonviolent change) despite the fact that it may not be so much as mentioned in any corporate medium, print or broadcast, even a notice of a meeting.
BaltoBill about 9 years ago
He always leaves logic alone. That’s his name. Ignore him. Like Harley he’s just a troll looking for an argument. (But I bet he disagrees, just like in the Monty Python skit)..
louieglutz about 9 years ago
sorry, mr. danziger, but your memory is clouded. politics has never stopped at our waters’ edge.
6.6TA about 9 years ago
Here is the entry from the Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary. The applicable meaning is given in 3a) (2):
trea·ty /’trēd.ē, ēt, i/ noun -es often attributiveEtymology: Middle English tretee, Etymology: from Middle French traité, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin tractatus treaty, from Latin, handling, treatment, treatise, from tractatus, past participle of tractare to handle, manage, discuss, treat ‒ more at TREAT1 obsolete : TREATISE<in his excellent ~ of bodies - Sir Thomas Browne>2 : the action of treating and especially of negotiating : discussion aimed at an adjustment of differences or the reaching of an agreement — usually used in the phrase in treaty<unable to endure his loneliness, he was in ~ for a new wife — Times Literary Supplement>3 a) : an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation: (1) : PRIVATE TREATY (2) : a contract in writing between two or more political authorities (as states or sovereigns) formally signed by representatives duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the state<the president … shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties - U.S. Constitution>- see PERSONAL TREATY, REAL TREATY — compare BILATERAL, CONVENTION, EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT, MULTILATERAL, PROTOCOLb) : a document in which such a contract is set down4 : a formal meeting between representatives of the United States government and of one or more Indian tribes designed to produce a settlement (as of issues in dispute)<Congress had promised them a ~, which was to have been holden about this time — Rufus Putnam>5 : an agreement or contract (as between companies) providing for treaty reinsurance
eugene57 about 9 years ago
Thank you for helping fill up these spaces with totally useless posts.