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rainy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 05:29 PM
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Serious political question: My good friend, a Canadian, asked this
question on his facebook and I want to say something about it an am asking my good DU friends to help me.

Here's the question: What are the major barriers with NATO to deliver change and transformation to the world? Quantify your reasons...Serious
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 05:32 PM
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1. With Nato, corporations unlike citizens can shop for the best deal.
Corporations used to simply get states to compete against one another, now they get Mexico and Canada bidding on our jobs. We always lose.

By "We" I mean people who work.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 05:33 PM
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3. NATO or NAFTA?...nt
Sid
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 08:05 PM
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5. Sorry. I inferred NAFTA. n/t
Edited on Thu Jan-20-11 08:06 PM by lumberjack_jeff
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 05:33 PM
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2. NATO pretty much only does what the US wants done.
The US pretty much only wants to do what the corporations want done.

The corporations don't want none of this here change and transformation bullshit.

Any other questions?
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 05:34 PM
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4. NATO or NAFTA?
I don't understand what NATO has to do with "change in the world"
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