Give Israel to Iran?
I do think the US in particular should have pulled the leash on Netanyahu. Sure felt like they had a different understanding of who has the power in that relationship. (Thanks, AIPAC.)
However, regardless of the US stance, I think s genocide happens there no matter what. Even so, slowly and constantly over 30 years is better than devastation over 30 months.
It’s not a black and white situation.
… You want shipping through the Suez.
Couldn’t find a SCIF in Moscow.
While in Moscow.
Moscow is not a SCIF.
This is the start of bullshit arguments intended to drown out any real conversation. It just gets worse from here.
I wouldn’t put it as terribly anti-Europe. They’re right in that we’ve provided security for Europe since WW2.
To think we got nothing out of that arrangement is a solid chunk of dumb.
It’s one of those few things where I can see the grain of truth, but you know they’re going to execute as though they’re watering our crops with Brawndo.
Tariffs can also be good. When used wisely and in moderation. Tariffs on the heavily subsidized Chinese green energy market makes sense. Tariffs to reduce reliance on cheap Chinese manufacturing makes sense. Blanket 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada do not.
Yes. It didn’t help that we spent 50 years saying not to discuss politics or religion.
But the current situation was largely a coordinated propaganda effort, likely combined with blackmail on politicians. Possibly caused by the hacked emails. Both the DNC and RNC were hacked. Only the DNC side was released.
They’re at least being performative with each other.
You just left out 281k third party votes.
Here is the bullshit article (that sounds good).
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151721941
One of the claims is
North Carolina is the most extreme. The public results indicate over 350K voters cast a ballot for Trump and no other race making up over 11% of Trump’s voters in NC drop off votes or bullet ballots.
https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/north-carolina/?r=0
Donald Trump: 2,898,423
Kamala Harris: 2,715,375
Jill Stein + Chase Oliver: 47,000
Total: 5,660,798 roughly
Governor: 3.069m + 2.241m + 280742 = 5.60 million
That’s not a difference of 350k.
They did not cheat in every single state. The results were a similar swing in every single state.
They did it through propaganda and social media. They didn’t tamper with the actual results (this time).
Don’t call wolf unless there’s a wolf. This is a thing we need to learn from and we need real facts if we want to learn the right lessons. We lost this election because people didn’t vote.
I know what article you’re referring to, and it was bullshit. Bullet ballots and all sounded great, believable. Evidence with easily verifiable numbers.
But when I went to verify those numbers with actual election results, they were all bullshit. Swing states did not have the bullet ballots numbers he claimed. There was no big discrepancy between swing states and the states next to them.
Absolutely. I was specifically referring to sanctions, which are unlikely anyway, but possible.
Europe needs to take real action. You want Ukraine to actually win? Go make it happen. You can do it.
Putin is not going to use nukes to win Ukraine. Kowtowing encourages nuclear proliferation.
America, even this America, does not want war with Europe. They may sabre rattle, but nothing outside of sanctions will come of it. And if all goes reasonably, the US should hopefully be an ally again in four years.
You need to work on your military. Ukraine is the place to do that.
The US is in this mess because none of the good guys would take bold action. EU, you’re the good guys now. Will you do anything?
The fascist part of our state is on Putin’s side. You can’t really say those are fighting each other.
It’s the remnants of our Democratic state supplying Ukraine. And it’s not because of ethics, but it is absolutely ethical.
And fuck right off with your characterization of being victimized by the US supporting Ukraine. This is borderline propaganda.
From the evidence I have seen, yes the US has escalated the conflict.
Looks like a direct quote and not a strawman.
Well, sweat it. Sucks that you wasted 8 great years.
But yeah, 25 is young. Get your shit together and do what you need to do to live a fulfilling life.
Maybe they’ll do what Trump does. Just agree to it and then don’t do it.
People have decided the issue is about which team you pick. Apparently it’s a sport where “your team” is good and the other guys are bad.
Who needs nuance when you can just rail against your perceived enemies (anyone who disagrees with you even slightly).