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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 1898023" data-attributes="member: 1132">This times eleventy billion! You can&#039;t expect to go mucking around in the internal affairs of other nations without stepping on some toes. Odds are high that you&#039;ll be able to pay off the local muckety-muck to avoid an official response (Pakistan is a perfect example). Unfortunately, that doesn&#039;t work so well with the enraged local populace. However, in this case it&#039;s the local hoodlums attacking the official U.S. for something one of our citizens did. That would be like us invading Iraq because some Saudi nationals dropped the Twin Towers.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Oh, wait...<img src="/images/smilies/headscratch.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratch:" title="Headscratch&nbsp; &nbsp; :scratch:" data-shortname=":scratch:" />What can the President do? Well he can authorize our Marine Security Guards to return fire when an American on sovereign soil is killed! WTF? This makes us look weak and pathetic across the globe. It will only embolden those that would do this again. Next time, it might be even worse. As for the shoe being on the other foot? Well we&#039;d print another truckload of worthless fiat money and pay them off of course! After all, it&#039;s the American way! <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 1898023, member: 1132"] This times eleventy billion! You can't expect to go mucking around in the internal affairs of other nations without stepping on some toes. Odds are high that you'll be able to pay off the local muckety-muck to avoid an official response (Pakistan is a perfect example). Unfortunately, that doesn't work so well with the enraged local populace. However, in this case it's the local hoodlums attacking the official U.S. for something one of our citizens did. That would be like us invading Iraq because some Saudi nationals dropped the Twin Towers. Oh, wait...:scratch: What can the President do? Well he can authorize our Marine Security Guards to return fire when an American on sovereign soil is killed! WTF? This makes us look weak and pathetic across the globe. It will only embolden those that would do this again. Next time, it might be even worse. As for the shoe being on the other foot? Well we'd print another truckload of worthless fiat money and pay them off of course! After all, it's the American way! :( [/QUOTE]

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