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Jos Theelen

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I am now playing Portugal on the very hard level. I noticed that I got only a few leaders at the start, but after that nothing. And I get after 1650 only 1 colonist, because of the shipyard. Not very much for a colonizing country.
Is that because of the very hard level, or is that always so for Portugal ?
 
Originally posted by BiB
It's always like that. Portugal historically was in serious decline by then and it shows :D
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Thanks. It is not very much, Portugal (I hope I don't offend someone). No leader in 2 centuries. I wonder why (in real history) Spain hasn't annexed Portugal in that period. Instead of trying to get the Netherlands back, they should have looked at their neighbours. Much easier.
 
Originally posted by Jos Theelen


This shows again that people don't like big powers. Spain wasn't very popular that time. Maybe that's the reason why some people don't like Americans nowadays.
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I hear that. We've got the biggest Bad Boy rating on the planet right now. & we haven't even kept any provinces since the Mexican-American War (& even then we gave about half of them back! :rolleyes: ) The feds spend/give away huge amounts of money on foreign aid every year too. But we're still the Baddest Boyz. :confused:

John J
 
Originally posted by randomjgj

I hear that. We've got the biggest Bad Boy rating on the planet right now. & we haven't even kept any provinces since the Mexican-American War (& even then we gave about half of them back! :rolleyes: ) The feds spend/give away huge amounts of money on foreign aid every year too. But we're still the Baddest Boyz. :confused:

John J
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They are just jealous.

One of the things I like about the USA is its diversity. On one side homosexuality is forbidden in the army, on the other side the biggest gay-communities live in the USA. On one side you are the top in science, on the other side creationism is very popular. You have the richest people, but also very poor people. You make probably the most terrible music and films and you make the best music and films. Many people dislike the USA, but many people flee the trouble in their own land and emigrate to the USA. Etc, etc.

So if someone dislikes the USA, he just picks the "bad side" of the USA and spits on that. Easy, but not fair.
 
Originally posted by randomjgj


I hear that. We've got the biggest Bad Boy rating on the planet right now. & we haven't even kept any provinces since the Mexican-American War (& even then we gave about half of them back! :rolleyes: ) The feds spend/give away huge amounts of money on foreign aid every year too. But we're still the Baddest Boyz. :confused:

John J
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Didn´t the US keept Puerto Rico and Guam after the Spanish war? And after WWII part of the world was occupied, and later returned. Example part of Germany, Okinawa, Truk.

/Erik
 
Those places that you mentioned, they've been given the opportunity to strike out on their on. In referendum's they've elected to stay with US.
 
Originally posted by dudmont
Those places that you mentioned, they've been given the opportunity to strike out on their on. In referendum's they've elected to stay with US.
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But diploannex still gives you a few Bad Boy points according to EU. ;-)

Wasn’t the Philippines occupied at the same time? And was there ever a referendum in the Philippines? Sorry, but my US history is a bit rusty. I do remembered that the US forces in the Philippines was having quit a problem with the guerrilla in the late 19th or early 20th century. The local US Army commander was MacArthur, father of Douglas MacArthur.

But as it 100 years ago you have dropped 25 BB point since then so it probably doesn’t matter any longer.

/Erik
 
Originally posted by randomjgj

The feds spend/give away huge amounts of money on foreign aid every year too. But we're still the Baddest Boyz.
John J
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That's not a "but," that's a "therefore." You think people LIKE having it rubbed in their face that they're so much poorer than you, they rely on you for handouts?

Yes, this is very ungracious. That shouldn't be surprising - human nature is, by and large, nasty. The Americans give away billions of $$ to help other countries - they get hated because they're trying to buy influence and corrupt foreign powers. They don't give away $$ to help other countries - they're arrogant, selfish bastards who ought to be taught a lesson. We British know all about this - we were a hell of a lot more powerful in 1880 than the Americans are now, and even more disliked :D
 
We British know all about this - we were a hell of a lot more powerful in 1880 than the Americans are now, and even more disliked
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Could that explain why your county and mine are still good friends?
Wasn’t the Philippines occupied at the same time? And was there ever a referendum in the Philippines? Sorry, but my US history is a bit rusty. I do remembered that the US forces in the Philippines was having quit a problem with the guerrilla in the late 19th or early 20th century. The local US Army commander was MacArthur, father of Douglas MacArthur.
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Si, Amigo! The guerillas caused many problems, yes. As to a referendum, no, we just unilaterally gave it up. D. MacArthur, he lead the Phillipine military before WW2. Sometime in the late '30s he was brought back into the army, as was the Phillippines repatriated, for military reasons of course.
 
Originally posted by Johan IV
Actually Spain did annex Portugal for a while, but they revolted later on and broke free.
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That isn't really the whole story.
It was a dual crown relationship, just a very meny others during the time period.
Eg Hungary & Bohemia at the start of the GC was ruled by the same king. I doubt however that many would call that an annexation.
 
The Phillipines were going to be set free in 1946, until WW2 broke out. In fact they had already established their own Army (under MacAurther) and had gained considerable antomity.

As for the US. You know the US is going to contribute 550 million dollars a year to fight AIDs in Africa? This is more then any other country has promised to the UN to support the UN plan to fight aids.

And you know, other countries are wanting the US to contribute more.

To top it all off, not one damn country in Africa probably gives a damn about the US, despite recieving our assistance. And none of the citzens bother to think that the US is the one assisting them.



Milosevic is going to the Hague, why? He was arrested only after the US threatened to withhold montetary assistance, assistance only the US offered. However, once in possession, Serbia once again mocked The Hague tribunal and refused to turn him over. Once again, the US threatened to withold its delegation to a confrence designed to give over 1.3 billion in loans to Serbia, loans that would primarly come out of US pockets. The day after Milosevic was turned over.

He was even ousted because of the US commitment to the UN military body. The air raids were done primarily with US planes, and the bulk of the land forces occupying were also US.

And yet, despite this, people look down on the US. Why?
 
Milosevic wasn't ousted because of any air strikes or military campaign by anybody. He was voted out of office by the Serbs. As for forcing him to trial in the Hague - if the US can bring to trial in the Hague, whichever NATO officer it was who decided to bomb a marketplace full of innocent civilians, then maybe the US might get a lot more respect. Not gonna happen though.
 
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