US policy of dishonesty and hypocrisy

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,760
    Go Beavers said:

    tonifig8 said:

    JC29856 said:

    How about alittle TGIF trivia?

    Which US ally cut off more heads last year?
    A. Saudi Arabia
    B. ISIS

    Would love to hear from my fellow so-called progressives
    My first reaction isn't about what the future president thinks, it's about why they're our allies. And the next time you're filling up your car, you'll have your answer.
    Agreed. The US should pull out of all Middle Eastern relations IMO. Let then sort themselves out, and get oil from elsewhere.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,618
    If you make a mess, you're morally responsible to help clean it up.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,760
    edited October 2016
    Go Beavers said:

    If you make a mess, you're morally responsible to help clean it up.

    Logically yes, but their attempts at "cleaning it up" tend to only make things worse. And it's not like Middle Easterners generally want them there, aside from Israel.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Boxes&Books
    Boxes&Books USA Posts: 2,672
    Go Beavers said:

    If you make a mess, you're morally responsible to help clean it up.

    Yeah I'm sure your progressive queen is going to be all over cleaning it up and pulling out of the Middle East. Gotcha. We just need to make sure she's able to keep her commitments to special interest and her commitments to us. Which are two very different policy's
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,618
    You think Hillary's progressive? My point is that our car addiction are included in'special interests'. So we're all part of the problem.
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    Go Beavers said:

    You think Hillary's progressive? My point is that our car addiction are included in'special interests'. So we're all part of the problem.

    You have it backwards.
    Cars don't need oil, oil needs cars.
    If interested research 27 mpg and do nothing H W Bush way back in 1988 when fuel efficiency technology was at 49 mpg and the 27 mpg continued with Arkansas Bill.
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,618
    I don't have it backward. We're all part of the problem, so American interests in the Middle East are also individual American's interest.
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    The US never ever ever influenced the outcomes of foreign democratic elections.
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/20/us-drones-strikes-target-rescuers-pakistan

    US drone strikes target rescuers in Pakistan – and the west stays silent

    Russian bombs little kids!
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    JC29856 said:

    American feigning over p*ssy grabbing While our allies, the Saudis bomb a funeral in Yemen then bombed it 3 more times as rescuers arrived. I'm guessing those bombs that killed 150 humans were Made in America. The WH is concerned and will review the matter.
    MSM HRC DT...crickets.

    FRAGMENTS OF WHAT APPEAR to be U.S.-made bombs have been found at the scene of one of the most horrific civilian massacres of Saudi Arabia’s 18-month air campaign in Yemen.

    Aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition on Saturday bombed a community hall in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital city, where thousands of people had gathered for a funeral for Sheikh Ali al-Rawishan, the father of the rebel-appointed interior minister. The aircraft struck the hall four times, killing more than 140 people and wounding 525. One local health official described the aftermath as “a lake of blood.”

    Multiple bomb fragments at the scene appear to confirm the use of American-produced MK-82 guided bombs. One fragment, posted in a picture on the Facebook page of a prominent Yemeni lawyer, says “FOR USE ON MK-82 FIN, GUIDED BOMB.”

    https://theintercept.com/2016/10/10/photos-show-fragments-of-u-s-bombs-at-site-of-yemen-funeral-masssacre/
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    Reaction:
    Trump says he will jail Hilliary = American shit lost!
    America complicit in war crimes = did anyone bring donuts?

    This weekend, as American attention was devoted almost exclusively to Donald Trump, one of the most revolting massacres took place. On Saturday, warplanes attacked a funeral gathering in Sana, repeatedly bombing the hall where it took place, killing over 100 people and wounding more than 500 (see photo above). Video shows just some of the destruction and carnage:

    https://theintercept.com/2016/10/10/u-s-and-u-k-continue-to-actively-participate-in-saudi-war-crimes-targeting-of-yemeni-civilians/
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,649
    The Canadian war monger approves, he owns it.
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  • Drowned Out
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    Halifax2TheMax said:

    Cynic? Me? Realist. It always seems to boil down to family, tribe/extended family, religion, national identity. How or when have these never been in conflict? And why would it be different now or in the future? We're human.

    A good start would be to stop buying into the myth you're perpetuating here: that greed and selfishness are human nature. They're not. They're learned conditions taught by a rigged, broken system.

  • Halifax2TheMax
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    Sorry, I'm not perpetuating any myth here. Ask the neo-cons how they like the New World Order. There's your answer. Or better yet, ask the Libertarians.
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    And I didn't realize that my parents were part of the "rigged, broken system."
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  • Drowned Out
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    edited October 2016
    Halifax2TheMax said:

    Sorry, I'm not perpetuating any myth here. Ask the neo-cons how they like the New World Order. There's your answer. Or better yet, ask the Libertarians.

    Huh?
    Halifax2TheMax said:

    And I didn't realize that my parents were part of the "rigged, broken system."

    Don't feel bad, mine are too. We all are.
    Still, it's unfortunate that you feel that's what they taught you.
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    I don't feel bad. Not at all. Are you trying to say that without religion, politics, national identity, etc., there wouldn't be human conflict? Or that greed and selfishness would evaporate? Please expound on your thesis that greed and selfishness are not human nature but particularly that I seem to believe that they are.
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  • JC29856
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    A SECRET FBI STUDY found that anger over U.S. military operations abroad was the most commonly cited motivation for individuals involved in cases of “homegrown” terrorism. The report also identified no coherent pattern to “radicalization,” concluding that it remained near impossible to predict future violent acts.
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Halifax2TheMax said:

    I don't feel bad. Not at all. Are you trying to say that without religion, politics, national identity, etc., there wouldn't be human conflict? Or that greed and selfishness would evaporate? Please expound on your thesis that greed and selfishness are not human nature but particularly that I seem to believe that they are.

    Classic Thomas Hobbes vs Jean-Jaques Rousseau. That's a never ending thread all by itself.
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  • Drowned Out
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    jeffbr said:

    Halifax2TheMax said:

    I don't feel bad. Not at all. Are you trying to say that without religion, politics, national identity, etc., there wouldn't be human conflict? Or that greed and selfishness would evaporate? Please expound on your thesis that greed and selfishness are not human nature but particularly that I seem to believe that they are.

    Classic Thomas Hobbes vs Jean-Jaques Rousseau. That's a never ending thread all by itself.
    right. I love this topic but am not exactly comfortable debating it. Way above my pay grade. If anyone is unfamiliar - the quoted / linked guy at the top of the page is Dr Gabor Mate. A friend I respect a lot - a doctor and world traveller - attended a conference he spoke at recently...my friend's excitement after meeting him inspired me to look up more of his material....interesting stuff.

    http://www.radioproject.org/2013/05/capitalism-makes-us-crazy-gabor-mate-on-illness-addiction/

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