Favourite period?

[SingerChick]

classical era = looooove.

however, i'm a bit biased --- i'm a classics/government double major in college

[Normaler14]

modern era. i would never survive without the technology of today.

[QuintusGiber]

I have history major friends who would have a stroke to see the so-called "Age of European Domination" starting all the way back in 1650 and lasting until 1900.

[icer3k]

I actually like to see the Reniassance era... it looks interesting with all the instability in France - Napoleon, the Tennis Court Oath, etc.

[optid]

The Clinton Presidency

A golden age of peace, prosperity, technological innovation, and hope.



With a juicy sex scandal thrown in for good measure.

[Mazen]

I don't want to sound sadistic, but I really like the post world war two era. The lifestyle was less complicated than that of today... maybe.

[Mazen]

What about Kosovo, Israeli - Arab conflict, Somaila ....

It ws a good presidency for those who were living in the US (probably) but not for the rest of the world.

The Clinton Presidency

A golden age of peace, prosperity, technological innovation, and hope.



With a juicy sex scandal thrown in for good measure.

[Samoa Joe]

My fav is modern day 1920-...

Most intresting, where as the egyptians come in second. They are very intresting.

[optid]

What about Kosovo, Israeli - Arab conflict, Somaila ....

Kosovo: In early spring of 1999 the government of Serbia was attempting "ethnic cleansing" (i.e. genocide) against the ethnic Albanian residents of Kosovo. Bill Clinton authorized the US armed forces under NATO commander Gen. Wesley Clark to disrupt and stop the genocide.

Since you brought up former Yugoslavia, in 1995 President Clinton used the air force to stop the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs. The war in Bosnia had been going on since 1991 and over 100,000 people had been killed. The US patiently waited for the Europeans and the UN to do something about this conflict. But the massacre at Srebrenica of over 7,000 Muslims in July of 1995 was the last straw.

A few months later, Clinton got all the sides in the conflict together and hammered out a peace agreement known as the Dayton Accords.

Somalia: The US involvement in Somalia began in the final months of the George H.W. Bush presidency after the elder Bush had already been defeated for re-election. It was a ticking time bomb which had been thrown into the next administration.

Isreali-Arab conflict: In autumn of 2000, President Clinton was on the verge of finalizing a peace agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority President Yassir Arafat. In the agreement, Israel would support the foundation of an independent Palestian state while the Palestinians would recognize the existence of the State of Israel.
Unfortunately, Arafat balked at the last second and the result has been the continuing bloodshed.

In a strange twist, Arafat last year offered a hypothetical agreement between the Palestinians and Israel which was almost identical to the one he turned down in 2000.

[Defensor Fidei]

Kosovo: In early spring of 1999 the government of Serbia was attempting "ethnic cleansing" (i.e. genocide) against the ethnic Albanian residents of Kosovo. Bill Clinton authorized the US armed forces under NATO commander Gen. Wesley Clark to disrupt and stop the genocide.

Since you brought up former Yugoslavia, in 1995 President Clinton used the air force to stop the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs. The war in Bosnia had been going on since 1991 and over 100,000 people had been killed. The US patiently waited for the Europeans and the UN to do something about this conflict. But the massacre at Srebrenica of over 7,000 Muslims in July of 1995 was the last straw.

Clinton...Such a disgrace....

[optid]

Clinton...Such a disgrace....

Sorry to offend you.
I'd forgotten that you are a fan of genocide.

[Mazen]

[QUOTE=optid]Kosovo: In early spring of 1999 the government of Serbia was attempting "ethnic cleansing" (i.e. genocide) against the ethnic Albanian residents of Kosovo. Bill Clinton authorized the US armed forces under NATO commander Gen. Wesley Clark to disrupt and stop the genocide.

Since you brought up former Yugoslavia, in 1995 President Clinton used the air force to stop the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs. The war in Bosnia had been going on since 1991 and over 100,000 people had been killed. The US patiently waited for the Europeans and the UN to do something about this conflict. But the massacre at Srebrenica of over 7,000 Muslims in July of 1995 was the last straw.

A few months later, Clinton got all the sides in the conflict together and hammered out a peace agreement known as the Dayton Accords.
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By doing what? Bombing residential areas? The trouble in Jugoslavia has not been solved yet. There is no peace... just a loose truce as flamable as gunpowder.

[optid]

By doing what? Bombing residential areas? The trouble in Jugoslavia has not been solved yet. There is no peace... just a loose truce as flamable as gunpowder.

The important thing is that the wars and genocide have stopped. A cold peace is better than a hot war.
The Kosovo campaign led to the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic who is currently on trial for crimes against humanity in the Hague.

In another thread here somebody criticized the US for not doing enough to stop genocide. No matter what we do, somebody overseas will find an excuse to criticize the US.
If the Serbians had not launched a campaign to kill and expel the Albanians from Kosovo, there would not have been American involvement.

The total responsibility for the genocide and war crimes in former Yugoslavia (1991-1999) belongs to the nationalistic politicians and military leaders there. By comparison, when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991 there was very little violence.
The wars in Yugoslavia were unnecessary and I'm proud that the US under Bill Clinton brought them to an end when others just stood by.

[Mosquito]

I actually like to see the Reniassance era... it looks interesting with all the instability in France - Napoleon, the Tennis Court Oath, etc.

Napoleon is part of the modern era, not the Renaissance.

[Wildhunter]

yeah, i am in the S.C.A. we dress up in armor and beat eachother with blunted weapons-and aside from that i can speak welsh, gaelic, and latin, so i would have to go with medieval era, swords,axes, bear baiting, ale, vikings, jesters, armor, huzzahs, jousting, dueling...yeah, the middle ages helped create society-but then again so did every other age, era or epoch.