Re: the Bushes and Iraq: we couldn't just sit on our thumbs. I'm not excusing the corruption and incompetence of the second go-'round, but Sadam didn't really leave us a choice.
Re: Clinton: don't forget Somalia! And all the cruise missiles fired into Libya, Afghanistan, and Yemen.
But yeah, somehow Trump is the threat to world peace
Dude. The nuclear war with Russian and Iran is on.
The premises of that started when Trump withdrew unilaterally from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and now bombing (through Ukrainian proxies) Russia's strategic bombers directly damaging the STARK treaty.
Then assassinating eneral Qassem Soleimani, again as a provocation.
Then green litting israel's violation of the ceasefire agreement and consequently resuming the genocide.
And now, bombing Iran's nuclear facilities last through israeli proxies as per the 2009 policy plans laid out for destabilizing Iran.
Trump is a figurehead, a useful idiot acting out long established plans.
The fact that you still buy into his persona tells me a lot about how gullible you are.
We're in WW3 now, offcially.
I'll try to outline his game.
What goes on is that he's into a really greedy strategy. He does the defect move of the prisoner dillema, all across the board. Right now, there is no one in the world that trusts him.
On the front page, he talks. Peace in Ukraine, yadda yadda. On the actual field, he attacks, by proxy (hit on the Russian tactical bombers). He repeated this exact move with the "talks" about the Iranian neuclear program, while carrying out the hit, again by proxy.
His supporters fantasize that it's some grand strategy or something. It's not. It's quite simple single-sided deceit and aggression. The fact that it hasn't progressed yet to its logical conclusion, i.e. the nuclear war, is irrelevant.
It's bully tactics, and consequences be damned - fuck the poor who will pay, and fuck the middle class, who thought he would consider them at all.
Read More@adam-l I don't really follow politics, or take it very seriously. But I'm pretty sure Trump is the first American president during my lifetime who hasn't started or escalated a full-on war.
Bush Sr.: Iraq.
Clinton: Yugoslavia.
Bush Jr.: Iraq
Obama: Libya and Syria, resulting in the massive refugee wave that largely destroyed Europe as well.
Trump: Nothing. So peaceful, in fact, that the media had to focus on "trade wars" in order to label him an aggressive president.
Biden: Ukraine-Russis proxy war (which is pretty massive for a proxy war).
Trump again: Same as the last time.
As a former "leftist" (I still am in some ways), the reaction to Trump's presidency over here in Europe has been nothing short of weird. It's always been a thing here, that American presidents start wars. So we scoff, and say: "There they go again; America, self proclaimed world police". This has particularly been the case on the political left.
Suddenly we get a rather peaceful American president for once, and it's all upside-down. The left absolutely hates him, pointing to potential wars (North Korea, China) that haven't happened yet, and simultaneously calling for a more war-like president to deal with Russia. Meanwhile, I'm left wondering what happened to what we always wanted from an American president. 'Cause Trump seems to be pretty much it.
Disclaimer:
I'm aware that the role of the president is just to be the face of whatever cartel behind him. So when I say "Trump" or "president", it's not because I believe it's actually about that person (but rather about the group he represents). It's just quicker to write as if the president is in charge of stuff.
Read MoreWell, there's always not telling, or even straight up lying.
I don't completely disagree, but who's sexual strategy is legalized does matter. For the frame, and not only. And it matters more if children are involved.
But if you find yourself in a pickle, there's only so much you can do.
So either drop the ad hominems and come with sound arguments or just fuck off.
We're done with your bullshit.
"Everyone I don't like is a leftist"
Dude, guys like me are the natural enemy of leftists. They're your disgusting spawns.
"Whiteness is a mental condition" Sounds a bit like "Gender is a social construct" Its more left wing bullshit
@Durek_The_Bald that's exactly why T-Swizzle is so much a better person than us plebeians
"Awareness" is such a meaningless buzzword. But I think, for those who are very awareness aware, the idea is that there's some kind of magic property to awareness, which automatically makes something better.
At least, that's what I got out of a discussion I had a while back with a leftist mate...
You see, I was making the point that real "anti racism" means you're only seen as an individual, rather than part of some group. I also pointed out that my carbon footprint was significantly lower than his, despite me not being the one harping on about man-made climate change.
Turns out, the problematic bit was that I'm not "racially aware" and "climate aware" enough, despite being neither racists nor a big polluter. So I tried to press him on what "awareness" would do (rather than just living and behaving a certain way).
And that's when I realised he actually believed there are magic properties to the passive act of being aware of something, and that it's this (and not how you actually live) which makes him a better person than me at the end of the day.
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