Conspicuous Consumption
Have you ever been photographed sat on a balcony eating a croissant; or wallowed in luxury just for the sake of it? What's the most ostentatious thing you ever seen or done?
( , Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18)
Have you ever been photographed sat on a balcony eating a croissant; or wallowed in luxury just for the sake of it? What's the most ostentatious thing you ever seen or done?
( , Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18)
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What no one seems to be mentioning at the moment, re US
Is that one of Al Qaeda's main strategies has been to seek to bankrupt the US
Can't find much on it now (in the 5 minutes I've searched), but here's something from 2004 - articles.cnn.com/2004-11-01/world/binladen.tape_1_al-jazeera-qaeda-bin?_s=PM:WORLD
- effectively force it to spread its ambitions too far, to commit itself to too many conflicts, and force its hand to up its military spending (which the US is addicted to anyway).
/edit: full transcript - www.worldpress.org/Americas/1964.cfm
( , Thu 4 Aug 2011, 10:51, Reply)
Is that one of Al Qaeda's main strategies has been to seek to bankrupt the US
Can't find much on it now (in the 5 minutes I've searched), but here's something from 2004 - articles.cnn.com/2004-11-01/world/binladen.tape_1_al-jazeera-qaeda-bin?_s=PM:WORLD
- effectively force it to spread its ambitions too far, to commit itself to too many conflicts, and force its hand to up its military spending (which the US is addicted to anyway).
/edit: full transcript - www.worldpress.org/Americas/1964.cfm
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