I think he’s recommending against polyannaism.

Sure bud. I won’t disrupt your bubble anymore.

Honey.  You think the American system is healthy?  (gestures at everything) 

Again, times have changed. A lot.

I’m scared of them

Call the cops on your Fox News-brainwashed relatives and try to get their guns taken away next time they start ranting about shooting immigrants on sight. 

De-escalate violent rhetoric. Emphasize shared values with people who disagree with you.  

Now that’s sitting on the fence, folks. Bra-fucking-go.

I disagree with both points. I’m not sure we have foreign policy f that implies a long term plan based on mutual self interest. One example would be that when attacked by 11 Saudi nationals, led by a Saudi national, our response was to attack Iraq.

Directly through proxies, gotcha

Well, you seemed so keen on posting that little phrase that you blew past all of the OPs points.

It’s also possible to understand Iran’s actions as being a response to our foreign policy.

“It is not - by any stretch, a perfect country, but why the US reflexively sees it as a direct and dangerous enemy is beyond me.”

What are they sitting on top of? Oh right oil (you even mentioned the nationalization of the british petro company).

If a country has oil and a government that doesn’t kiss our ass, they are…

Alright, that was hyperbolas, but it would be a huge waste of money.

The US is situated about 7500 miles from Iran. Iran has never directly attacked the US. The Shah was not a US “ally”, he was put in place by CIA facilitated coup that overthrew the elected government. He was a murderous ruler who tracked and killed people around the world as well as in his country. He was put in…

Samantha and Katherine are both just gunning for the position of “Worst Splinter Writer” now that Libby has left. Which is interesting because at the same time HamNo seems to be trying to get away from the title which was forced upon him by her departure with some actually decent writing.

Guys, can you BELIEVE that this politician likes [POPULAR THING]? What a fucking putz, amirite?!?

Who fucking cares what other people like. Jesus. 

is this the kind of snark that’s supposed to MEAN something or just goofin’ on a dude who will not be our next president?