Shalom, Mr Ahmadinejad

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 10-16-2009, 19:27

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. You're hoping for the best and preparing for the best. The second we try to do that in our international politics, we lose.

**Beskar** · 10-16-2009, 19:59

EMFM won't be happy unless everyone but him has weaspons so he can appoint himself as Lord Kaiser of Terran.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 10-16-2009, 20:16

Originally Posted by Beskar

EMFM won't be happy unless everyone but him has weaspons so he can appoint himself as Lord Kaiser of Terran.

Yes, because my definition of national interest has my nation disarmed and defenceless with Iran having nuclear weapons.

**Subotan** · 10-16-2009, 22:12

Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. You're hoping for the best and preparing for the best. The second we try to do that in our international politics, we lose.

Yeah just like Costa Rica, considering all the wars it befell when it abolished it's millitary in 1948.

Oh wait, it appears I was wrong. It was every other Spanish speaking country in Central America which suffered invasions or foreign interference since 1948. Silly me.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 10-16-2009, 22:15

Originally Posted by Subotan

Yeah just like Costa Rica, considering all the wars it befell when it abolished it's millitary in 1948.

Oh wait, it appears I was wrong. It was every other Spanish speaking country in Central America which suffered invasions or foreign interference since 1948. Silly me.

There are a few reasons that Costa Rica hasn't been invaded since then which anti-military advocates conveniently ignore, but for most nations, disbanding the army won't work. The fact that you are here today, with free speech, is because of the militaries of democratic Western nations.

**Subotan** · 10-16-2009, 22:25

Such as? I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm genuinely curious.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 10-16-2009, 23:12

Originally Posted by Subotan

Such as? I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm genuinely curious.

Costa Rica has a heavily armed police force that could provide a fair amount of resistance. It isn't surrounded by enemies that it can't take on using this force. Any enemies from abroad with the strength to attack it will be met by a very angry America. Internal political factors reduce the chance of rebellion, as well as this wonderful quasi-army they have. They are a country with no ability to project power beyond their region, so a larger army isn't necessary to carry out international duties.

In short, they haven't been invaded because it would be a fundamentally stupid decision by the invader, and they haven't suffered civil war because of various internal factors (though I wouldn't claim that an army prevents civil war). For us, in powerful Western countries much different from Costa Rica, a military is necessary.

**Strike For The South** · 10-18-2009, 03:05

Originally Posted by Subotan

Such as? I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm genuinely curious.

Because it's costa rica.

If you can't understand why it can abolish its military than you should just leave the backroom.

I mean really? Is this what it has come to?

**Subotan** · 10-18-2009, 12:49

Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Because it's costa rica.

If you can't understand why it can abolish its military than you should just leave the backroom.

I mean really? Is this what it has come to?

Well, what about the other Central American countries? All of the other Spanish speaking ones have experienced conflict at some point since Costa-Rica's millitary was abolished, usually because Uncle Sam pokes his long, pointy nose into places where it is not wanted (United Fruit Company anyone?). What is so special about Costa Rica which meant that, apart from not having a millitary, it was spared from the horrors the rest of Central America went through in the late 20th Century?