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you're missing the point

Posted on: March 20, 2024 at 13:14:07 CT

ashtray UF

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every military intervention by the United States can be justified as "serving American interests" and always will be. So whether you agree with the interests it serves makes no difference. This is where having no principles will land you.

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Wow. Look who won Ohio's 3rd District last night... - zounami MU - 3/20 12:09:49

People said that about Italians 100 years ago - Grasslands MU - 3/20 12:37:09

RE: People said that about Italians 100 years ago - BH O'bonga MU - 3/20 12:54:02

Did you forget to mention Jews?(nm) - Grasslands MU - 3/20 14:43:16

interesting perspective (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 13:09:10

but Italy is a first-world country. Its people know how to - zounami MU - 3/20 12:43:18

Why were people leaving it in droves, then?(nm) - Grasslands MU - 3/20 14:41:02

Not really - El-ahrairah BAMA - 3/20 12:39:39

Sad - JG MU

- 3/20 12:42:24

A Joe Biden supporter too---a true demlib - mu7176grad MU - 3/20 12:30:54

Mass forced deportations are the only way forward(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 3/20 12:19:59

If he wants to represent Somalia move back there - El-ahrairah BAMA - 3/20 12:14:01

when a government destabilizes other countries - ashtray UF - 3/20 12:13:19

Rs refuse to believe that the US creates instability because - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:15:09

(1) I hate both parties, but Dems are far worse. (2) The US - zounami MU - 3/20 12:17:03

The us certainly owes reparations - El-ahrairah BAMA - 3/20 12:19:56

Nope. We own them nothing. (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 12:22:15

The world will be a much more peaceful place when people - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:23:04

you've got it backwards (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 12:26:21

You are a warmonging pos(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:31:39

Wrong again. I hate neocons. I hate US interventionism. (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 12:36:00

Then why are are you disagreeing with me?(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:36:36

on that issue I don't (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 12:38:42

Good talk, Russ(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:50:17

not really, you miscomprehended everything I wrote (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 13:05:12

Iraq, Vietnam, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Laos, Cambodia(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:21:18

The list could be a mile long - El-ahrairah BAMA - 3/20 12:25:45

anti-American "progressives" like you & hefe are the problem - zounami MU - 3/20 12:28:24

Im the farthest thing from a prog. You are a warmonger which - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:31:12

you definitely are... and I strongly oppose the wars and - zounami MU - 3/20 12:38:05

no(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:38:22

he's anti war/anti neocon, doesn't support interventionist p - 90Tiger STL - 3/20 13:32:16

bingo (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 13:54:00

unless, in your opinion, the war serves America's interests - ashtray UF - 3/20 14:00:40

yes, it's a nuanced point (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 14:03:19

...for example, America's involvement in WW2 was - zounami MU - 3/20 14:04:06

why? (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/20 14:04:40

The US was directly attacked, and the axis powers declared - zounami MU - 3/20 14:10:17

lmao (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/20 14:25:10

that's all you got?... just a low IQ "lmao" ? (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 15:00:08

the "lmao" was directed at your low IQ logic (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/20 15:17:11

if you disagree with the rationale, then explain how (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 16:35:04

the United States provoked the attack on Pearl Harbor - ashtray UF - 3/21 07:52:08

easy to say that out of one side of your mouth - ashtray UF - 3/20 12:29:03

generally, US elections are a binary choice between D & R... - zounami MU - 3/20 12:35:07

you support war - ashtray UF - 3/20 12:36:22

wrong, I strongly oppose war (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 12:39:00

why? (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/20 12:40:29

"endless wars" that do not serve America's interests... - zounami MU - 3/20 12:44:47

according to you - ashtray UF - 3/20 12:46:30

it depends... ask me about a specific war and I'll tell you - zounami MU - 3/20 12:47:57

Somolia (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/20 13:05:10

no (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 13:07:45

(...and no, we don't owe Somalia anything) - zounami MU - 3/20 13:09:58

yes it does - ashtray UF - 3/20 13:09:41

lol... try thinking for yourself, for a change (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 13:10:47

you're missing the point - ashtray UF - 3/20 13:14:07

no, that's why I said you have to think for yourself... - zounami MU - 3/20 13:53:07

you think that absolves you from your moral obligations? - ashtray UF - 3/20 14:00:02

America has no "moral obligation" to Somalia (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 14:02:56

the United States government does - ashtray UF - 3/20 14:05:04

nope... - zounami MU - 3/20 14:06:22

yep - ashtray UF - 3/20 14:08:57

They do when they foment coups and overthrow elected - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:19:46

nope, America's only obligations are to itself (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 12:25:33

Then why does the US foment war everywhere?(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:32:12

corruption via the "military industrial complex", which I - zounami MU - 3/20 12:39:34

if you break it, you buy it (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/20 12:17:45

not in geopolitics... and besides, we didn't "break it" (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 12:21:55

You can defend Obama and Biden all you want - El-ahrairah BAMA - 3/20 12:27:20

yes, especially in geopolitics - ashtray UF - 3/20 12:27:02

Smart bombs and collateral damage(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 3/20 12:22:18

lol, ok troll (nm) - zounami MU - 3/20 12:13:54