CID1990 wrote:Chizzang wrote:
You always cheer me up... that ^ sounds like something I would say up there
(BTW: I totally agree with you) but I do think we also have some leadership issues right now too
to be a little under stated
and both of you need to get a room with spankis and hug/suck/fvck it out
C'mon, CID...if it were up to me I'd blow the crap out of every enemy we could find. I just don't like blowing up every enemy we can make up.
You are an intelligent guy...but you seem to have a blind spot. In no way shape or from do 99.9999999999999999% of Afghans, Libyans, Iraqis, Syrians, or people from any other country, want to kill Americans. That is simply a fact.
We have violent thugs in Chicago, Detroit, Wilmington, DE, etc., ...and none of them give a sh!t about somebody in Iraq, Syria, or any other country in the world. Why would they? So why would armed goons in Iraq give a crap about Iowa?
However, WE, as in our government, want everyday Americans to think that the rampaging, invading hordes of bad people are smashing down the gate just itching to have a chance to rape our women and kill our gays.
As if ever day life isn't busy for most folks, so they line up to commit suicide to kill Americans.
Face it, we create drama in order to distract Americans from what is really going on. We are trying to control resources...at just about any cost. Killing people? No problem. If we don't do it ourselves, officially, we'll pay a third party...usually some of our well connected, ex-service members - now private contractor "security" folks, or some of the same type of folks form one of our allies).
We are not about freedom, we are not about values...except in the limited context of our needs (and by, "our," I mean those who ring up profits for our business folks). There is NO WAY anyone can justify supporting the regimes in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia (and one can add a dozen or so other countires), while criticizing Putnin, Assad, and Gwadufus. No way.
That's not necessarily a bad thing...we live a pretty cushy life in the West. But let's call a spade a spade instead of bullshytting our way into and out of problems that we ultimately create or exploit regularly.
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