Yes I agree that it was a dumb answer. Bernie is not good at speaking in quick sound bytes. He’s bad at it actually. Similar to his answer about sex selective abortion- which actually was a pretty good answer in the sense that he repeatedly said he supports women’s right to choose full stop and that this would be a…

Biden is terrible also. I don’t know who I dislike more though. I have not heard Biden say that he wants to split the SCOTUS evenly between Dems and Reps - literally capitulating to the other side without a struggle. But they have the same misunderstanding of politics- the same willingness to compromise with…

Israel likewise does not support a two-state solution.

You are letting your own ignorance blind you. Bolton and Pompeo are pushing for war. As are the neocons in congress and the Israeli and Saudi lobbies. Anyone who is paying the slightest bit of attention is aware of this- I guess you are too? Yes he pulled out of the nuclear deal, yes he also has ramped up relations…

Who said it did?

Obviously. I don’t see why you think that is a contradiction. The question isn’t whether or not he’s an impulsive buffoon that tripped over his dick but rather the specifics of how that happened. This actually matters because it highlights the role of the key players other than Trump. If Trump were to disappear…

First off, I agree that their policies are different. I agree also that Bernie should’ve focused on this and pushed back against the premise in the first place. But the reality is that they started with the premise that their policies are the same. So we can let that dead horse die now- it’s a misrepresentation (not…

It was a surveillance drone. The US has drones all over the place. I have no idea if it crossed into Iranian waters or stayed along the borders, but my guess is that it was an intentional provocation to escalate the crisis. I don’t know why you are asking why they’d use a drone. As opposed to what?

If Putin is responsible for preventing WW3, then good. I’m glad Trump listened to him. Though I doubt it’s as simple as that. If Putin had that much sway with Trump, he wouldn’t have pulled out of the nuclear deal in the first place, wouldn’t have beefed up sanctions with Iran and Russia, wouldn’t continue to oppose…

Mass movements in the streets will not stop war. The popular mobilization against Iraq war was bigger than anything in human history and it did no good.

I can tell you what will stop it, but it’s not a possibility at this point. It has to be a strategic mobilization against it- airport workers, shipping industry…

So if your only point was that people do not actually vote based solely on gender regardless of policy, then absolutely I agree with you. Good thing no one ever claimed otherwise. It’s a little strange because this article does claim that Bernie claimed otherwise- it says that he said people ONLY like Warren because…

Politicians have a way of speaking that talks around things, never answers anything, is polite and uncontroversial while saying nothing. Trump was savvy enough to capitalize on Americans’ disgust with this. But his telling-it-like-it-is bullshit is just a cover for racism and resentment. The fact that Trump is a…

I don’t think the scenario actually happened either. I’m certain that he’s the one that tweeted that it did, though. 

He absolutely writes his own tweets.

The strikes would’ve been carried out by Americans with remote controls sitting in an office near an airfield outside Las Vegas, not by actual pilots who must be deployed to fly a mission.

I think it didn’t happen either. I think it came down to whether or not he was going to order the strike and he chose not to which is undoubtedly a good thing and not what Bolton or Pompeo wanted. I don’t know the reason, but my guesses include: a) he spoke to other world leaders, b) he refused as a power play to show…

It’s really and truly horrifying. This will be a global war if it happens. I don’t think people realize how close we are to being involved in a global war which will reorder global power. 

Yes I absolutely agree that this would have been a much better response (as I’ve said now for the third time). However I’m responding to your first post which says this:

“Most of those people who would like a woman or someone younger aren’t voting for just any ol’ young person or woman just because they are a young…

That is true. He ran on a platform of anti-intervention, and it’s something a lot of liberals don’t understand about his base. They saw Hilary as the hawk and they didn’t want that. But it’s also true that his base is waaayyy more pro-USA pro-military than liberals. That doesn’t mean that they want to get involved in…

My guess is that he talks to other world leaders fairly frequently. The Saudis and Israelis want war with Iran but literally no one else in the world does.

I don’t think Trump understands complex foreign policy- he’s lazy and he has contradictory opinions about all of it. But at his core (as much as he has one) he’s…