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Old 11-26-2006
oleg oleg is offline
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Re: Russia in the future

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Originally Posted by danielpalos View Post
How did you reach your conclusion? Here is one hypothetical alternative:

What do you think of the hypothetical effect on US foreign policy if the several states, had a formal mechanism for nullifying federal authority when it intrudes on state sovereignty?

If the US had a formal nullification amendment, the individual states could have refused to participate in federal foreign military policies as a form of state's right.

This type of amendment could be seen as another form of checks and balance of power between the states, the interstate, and the populace.
You probably don't comprehand the subtle and fragile nature of existing balance and complex system with millions inner mutual links you want to correct. You accustomed to the comfort and safety so that you can not understand and esteem the invisible continious efforts for supporting the today situation in the US. Like the child who's never seen the bonfire you think it's good idea to play with the matches by the hay barn. "There will happen nothing bad, if I only carefully kindle one small match for a second" - you think. So we lived in the USSR and thought that the very idea of war on our territory was fantastic. The idealism is the most expensive thing that everyone can't help paying.
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