I liked the way he admits that he caused it, but then keeps right on doing what he just said "caused it".
Which Countries Are Our True Allies?
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by saturneptune, Feb 4, 2014.
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JohnDeereFan Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Thank you pinoybaptist for your post #60. It adds some credibility to what I said despite some (one) naysayer.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
A country is an ally as long as that country's government believes it is in their interest to be an ally.
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And did you notice his last line?
"Just that right now my old country is so poor and devastated by the politicians THE US PROPPED UP IN THE PAST." -
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
An exercise like this might greatly help.
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pinoybaptist Active MemberSite Supporter
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Penoy....I have been privaliged to have worked with and gotten to know privately many Filipino people who have come to the USA in search of better jobs and careers...generally, I believe they have viewed this country as a land of opportunity. Their children consequently have become very Americanized and perfer this country to their parents homeland. However, I believe there has been a dropoff of Filipinos commingled here recently. Is it the economy and the economic downturn or are more Filipinos staying home, or are they finding new countries to move to? I should think South America perhaps. Your thoughts sir are always appreciated.
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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pinoybaptist Active MemberSite Supporter
the stronger dominates the weaker.
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pinoybaptist Active MemberSite Supporter
One of the reasons in fact why I am so against illegal immigration is because I have personally seen many of my countrymen dispose of their properties and sometimes their dignities so they can meet the financial requirements of immigrating to this "land of opportunity".
Therefore, legalizing those who came here illegally is much too unfair for those who did the best they could to meet legal requirements.
And, yes, the US is, and now a WAS, the land of opportunity for us.
But, then, beginning with the reign of Marcos, the Philippine government had begun to use "human resources" as an additional source of revenue for their reign, and even after Marcos was dethroned, the succeeding governments had no viable plans or resources to prop themselves up except "human" resources, so export of labor (maids, drivers, engineers, accountants, etc.) became the country's number one source of revenue.
Not that it was bad.
It did a lot to help the citizens of that forlorn, much exploited country.
And it also opened the eyes of Filipinos to the fact that while the US and Canada remained the primary "apples of their eyes" the prohibitive requirements, both financially and documentary, of getting to these countries made other options like the Middle East more attractive.
Right now, there are more Filipinos in the Middle East than you would find nationals from other countries.
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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You're not following along. Pinoy was speaking of his daughter being in Saudi Arabia. You had then said "And is this allowing more Filipinos to explore Islam?"
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