02-05-2020, 10:35 PM
(02-05-2020, 09:01 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(01-31-2020, 02:42 AM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote:(01-31-2020, 01:33 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(01-31-2020, 01:05 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:Ok. You've seen what happened in Egypt and you've seem what happened in Libya, do we need to see what happens in Syria for people like you to learn what not to do again.(01-30-2020, 06:51 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: As we've learned, the radical Islamic groups like ISIS or political remnants of dictatorships like the Baathist's that have druthers will set up shop in hospitals and schools which they know we won't just bomb like they're doing. If Putin is already shaky, then leaving it alone for now is probably best.
What a bunch of crazy rot, Classic.
Yeah, and let's not forget Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and I think now Nigeria of all places as other Loser propositions
we've staggered into drunk on hubris. Of course doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.
Each situation is different. In any case, anyone should be able to see that Classic Xer is not in possession of any facts regarding Syria. Regardless of what you think should be done or not done about Syria, it should be obvious that Classic Xer is not aware of the facts. Hospitals and schools in northwestern Syria do not have IS or Baathists setting up shop there. It is simply a case of Putin bombing innocent children while the world stands by.
Leaving Syria alone now or not is NOT a decision to make for the USA. We have no alternative now but to leave it alone now. We left the field of the proxy war, and let Putin and Assad win. So talking about whether we should leave Syria alone now or not, is ridiculously irrelevant.
The people rose up in Egypt and Libya and threw out their dictator, but revolutions often do not work, and tyranny or anarchy often results. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. That says NOTHING about US policy. THE PEOPLE made the decision to revolt; the US did not impose revolt upon them, as the US did in Iraq, and in Nam. And I protested those latter interventions by the US vigorously, so there is no meaning to Classic's phrase "people like you." On the other hand, Classic Xer supports the folks who denounced the protesters to those interventions as "un-American."
Syria went the way I expected, a huge mess. Now for Iraq, their parliament voted for the US to leave the country. This is the parliament the US I think wanted. It's democratically elected which means the US needs to follow through in following the wishes of it's own creation.
As of now, I'm fully content to let Europe suffer from this. They have the problems from refugees from here and they, like the poodles they are, joined Obama's bombing campaign. So, I say unto the EU, the time form karma is now. From now on, Libya looms into y'alls future. Choose badly, and a flood tide of refugees will follow and that will shake politics to the ground as it's already doing.
And... In the wider scene, it's the dawning of the age of Ragnarök. It's like that virus comet on the eastern horizon. This and other events will smash globalism. The times ahead require resiliency, redundancy, and short supply chains. Globalism is antithetical to all and thus its demise.
And it's now Bernie or bust. He's not perfect, but slow Joe and empty suite Buttelzub ain't for me.
As for Classic, he's voting his interests. He's a small business owner. So yeah, he's gonna vote Republican because he hates all of those forms and small business [which he is] is indeed getting screwed over by the current system.
Perhaps he'd go for stripping every tax break and subsidy for everyone. Next , insert a 0-? bracket. I can't go with ditching occupational safety though. Falls on the job happen quite a bit. I'd guess HVAC stuff is heavy so there''s that as well.
Dunno what other paperwork stuff he has though. Essentially, it's like this. Amazon has a way lower tax rate than Classic.
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