Your argument is flawed, the people we defended were just as evil as the ones we fought. No more no less. It was a fight between two dumb kids on the playground, so we, the grown ups, showed up and beat one senseless. That other kid then proceeded to fuck up everyone’s day with his kill the infidels bullshit.
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We are the greatest country on Earth, but American ideals are not spread through the sword. Look at the places we propped up with your efforts and your brother’s blood. Would you want to bring your wives and daughters to live in such places?
MAD is what kept the USSR from steamrolling through Europe. We just wanted to make sure communism didn’t spread so we went on the offensive. Our military doctrine emphasizes complete dominance over any potential foes, do you not see how that can escalate things unnecessarily? Cooperation with the Russians was…
I wouldn’t go as far as to say she gave permission, but she definitely did not suggest that we’d do anything to stop him. I did not disparage her in any way. She didn’t order the invasion of Iraq. Which was completely unnecessary. We could have kicked them out of Kuwait and left troops behind to defend it. Instead we…
I never said that wealthy people don’t benefit from being wealthy. However, it is not an injustice that there are people who start higher on the ladder. Class happens, you can choose to change your class it if you’d like, welcome to America.
Thanks to inheritance Chelsea Clinton can live her dream of saving African elephants without having to worry about getting a real job to support her lifestyle! Who else would do that? The government of Zimbabwe? If you have to forfeit your assets to the government when you die you are effectively a $ making machine…
And what if you want to make sure your kid is ok if he becomes disabled before or after you die? Should he have to rely on the government for his care for the rest of his life or would you work every last hour of each day to make sure he gets the best care for long after you’re gone? There is nothing wrong with…
Is that a Yale Bulldog or Gtown one? Just wondering. Tough loss to nova for the Hoyas today.
Inherited money was earned at some point, unless you’re talking about some monarch who has stolen state assets and laundered them? Which I think is pretty rare these days outside of the Gulf and the European fairy-tale monarchies, but every girl wants her prince. So that will go on. Did Steve Jobs not earn his money?…
Did I say that I support any of that? No, but you aren’t saying we should enforce antitrust or corruption laws are you? You are saying that we should ASSUME people with money have defrauded people in some way because they are wealthy, so they should be taxed more and that money should be transferred to others. If…
Not just an arab problem, it happens whenever people are dependent on the state and don’t have to earn a living.
Wealthy people have an advantage because they or their parents or grandparents have provided more valuable services or goods than the people they competed with. They did better and are rewarded with “advantages.” In no way did I imply that they didn’t have advantages, but they are earned, to say otherwise is false the…
What happened in Mosul is haram.
I know, it’s just frustrating that some of the wealthiest people in those countries are preying on the poor and disenfranchised to achieve their political goals. All the while tipping us towards a Sunni-Shia conflict where all the minorities who made the middle east vibrant are going to be forced to leave.
Generally yes, unless those wealthy people act in a way to prevent competition from having a chance. Creating barriers to entry for competition is a market failure. Corporations have lobbied both sides of the aisle to prevent antitrust laws from being enforced - which is why we have 3 big telecoms companies, we have 2…
And no, I’d rather not say what I’m studying .
Ok Person A runs a business selling services to person B. Both are happier for the trade. Person C has less money than person A. Did person A externalize any costs onto person C?
Tell your neighbors to stop sending $ to jihadists, they give islam a bad name. That’s one way to show gratitude to the US.