Comeonnnn Mannnnn... I never said that. I've read all types of stuff on the Middle East. I'm very well versed on the Middle East and Afghanistan and Iraq, in particular. ISIS was formed well before we left Iraq. Also, it was America's obsession with Communism and the USSR that lead us to get involved in Afghanistan. We should have just left it alone and never supported the Mujahadeen that later became the Taliban, that later supported al-Qaeda.... that later supported the 9/11 attacks.
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Fair.
And the GOP under Trump is actively courting white nationalists, adopting their policies, and refusing to condemn them.
Though it started before that. Obama was basically an 80 republican and the GOP blew that dog whistle as hard as they could for 8 years, which is how we ended up with Trump.
Oh come on, you're a Libertarian which is really a Republican that never came out of the closet. You don't support Democrats, so quit pretending you "dislike both sides equally." Also, I know the difference between NATO and the UN, but I'm not looking everything up as I type. That's besides the point, though... you're clearly much more critical of Dems than you ever are of anything Republicans do. You're the equivalent of Fox News BS moniker "Fair and Balanced." Now there's a laugh...
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Both sides of what? The article I linked to actually cites multiple academic journals and publications, something that no article in Vox does.
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Oh come on, you're a Libertarian which is really a Republican that never came out of the closet. You don't support Democrats, so quit pretending you "dislike both sides equally." Also, I know the difference between NATO and the UN, but I'm not looking everything up as I type. That's besides the point, though... you're clearly much more critical of Dems than you ever are of anything Republicans do. You're the equivalent of Fox News BS moniker "Fair and Balanced." Now there's a laugh...
You are a confused little child. I'm as far from libertarianism as nazis are from loving Jews.
I pound on dems in this thread because:
1. Their supporters in here are more aggressive, and it's boring to beat on the quiet ones.
2. While reps are more blunt about their intentions, dems are constantly putting on a façade, as if they care about regular people. I don't like pretenders, and i naturally go after the fakers.
In the end, if both parties have a fight to the death and annihilate each other, the regular people will only benefit.
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You literally said: " Btw, I seem to recall that war powers reside with Congress, and both Clinton and Obama had rather active Republican Congresses during their respective 2 terms in office." You were implying, if not outright stating, that the Republican controlled congress gave power to Obama to bomb Libya.
And the AUMF is not "some MOU". It was an authorization by Congress for Bush to wage those wars, something Obama never got for Libya (or Syria for that matter).
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We didn't leave Iraq in 2011, we withdrew combat troops, and left Advise and Assist Brigades, which had a different mission. You heavily implied that all the current trappings of the ME are because of Bush, which is just plain ridiculous.
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You tell me.. This is very general by the way. As I posted before, only 39.4% of Americans actually pay taxes.
| 2018 Annual Wages | |
|---|---|
| Group | Wages |
| Top 0.1% of Earners | $2,808,104 |
| Top 1% of Earners | $737,697 |
| Top 5% of Earners | $309,348 |
| Top 10% of Earners | $158,002 |
https://www.investopedia.com/personal-finance/how-much-income-puts-you-top-1-5-10/
You tell me, you're the both sides guy.
Are you claiming vox doesn't ever cite academic sources?
Hell, zrickety cites academic sources all time, them goes on to out right lie or misrepresent what they say.
And I thought the stranger was when you sit on your hand till it goes numb, then masterbate.
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That is one of the most superficial analyses of socialism I've seen.
First and foremost socialism is an economic system, whereas nazism/fascism is more of a social system based on the capitalist economic system. Economy is the basis that dictates everything that's built upon it. So fascism/nazism is not close (or equal) to socialism because fascism is a derivative of capitalism.
Reagan and HW heavily contributed too... so there's that.
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I supported what I considered to be the lesser of two bad candidates. I have stated that I won't in the future and is why I changed to independent. And I'm not going to argue about it.
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That is ridiculous. Smh.
Oh neat. Is The Stranger a pretty widespread publication? I know you can find almost anything from almost every part of the world on the internet, just curious if y'all have heard of The Stranger before. I'd never heard of them until I moved to the PNW -- they're a local Seattle publication. They're a very progressive voice around here.
I found an interesting Gallup poll. Not trying to make any statements, just wanted to share.
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/354938/adults-estimates-covid-hospitalization-risk.aspx
The Gallup writers are careful to objectively present the data. Meanwhile, a WaPo article that reported on the poll very much spun the results of the Gallup pole with the headline "How badly unvaccinated Republicans are misinformed, in one stat".
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/354938/adults-estimates-covid-hospitalization-risk.aspx
The Gallup writers are careful to objectively present the data. Meanwhile, a WaPo article that reported on the poll very much spun the results of the Gallup pole with the headline "How badly unvaccinated Republicans are misinformed, in one stat".