Iran soon?

Originally Posted by Musharraf

You mean the British bombing holocaust on Dresden in 1944?

Dresden had it coming just like Köln/Cologne, Hamburg, Kiel... You don't start / cheer on a dictator who starts an all out war with your neighbors, invade, destroy and terroize them and then expect retaliation to be all Geneva Conventions and what not.
Just the other week I was among the crowd that blocked a neo-nazi "memorial" march from entering the inner city of Lubeck. Sure, Lubeck was bombed by the British during WWII (that was the occasion alleged by those skinheaded clowns) but so was Coventry, just to name a city in England that was literally wiped from the map.

Originally Posted by PUG1911

There are some that don't consider a diminished base of power, and attacking the actual country to be the same kind of threat.

Agreed. International affairs of the world's so-called super powers always make me picture an angry kid whose lolipop was stolen.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Adamgian

And despite how shaky relations always seem to be with France and Germany, don't forget that they are still three of the worlds closest allies by any standard.

I can only offer the German perspective, but relations were anything but shaky until Bush went over the UN Security Council and invaded Iraq. That one was a killer on many levels.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Agreed, though I'd argue that China could be called a superpower as well while it messes a lot less with world affairs.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.