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Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had, do, does, did, shall, will, should, would, may, might, must, can, could.Weird cause you used they in the same manner responding to me.
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Shoulda, coulda, woulda.
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I’m sure others have already pointed out the fallacy in your thinking, but just because one administration behaved in a certain way doesn’t mean people from the same party will be the same. You have to look at the facts of each case to determine the merits of the truth in each one. It takes diligence and hard work to drill down and find out, but making gross generalizations and applying them across the board is akin to stereotyping people groups because of what they eat, or the color of their skin, etc.
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I gave my answer to this in an earlier post. I believe in 20 years or less the people that agree with this war will be like me (about the war in Iraq) and say, I was wrong and people died in vain.
You do realize the answer you’ve given is one of the same exact answers that we were saying 20 years ago when we invaded Iraq?
Question, do you believe that we did the right thing by going to war in Afghanistan? If so, is Afghanistan any better today?
What about Iraq? Is Iraq any better today?
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Time will tell whether this war is just or not, and the state of affairs in Afghanistan and Iraq has nothing to do with it. I can look at 49 years of Iranian terroristic behavior to know that.
...."die in a war that isn’t beneficial to the average American but only benefits the 1% have at it."
This statement struck me odd and then it hit me.
The difference between us is that YOU see ALL of America's military endeavors as ...."isn't beneficial..."
And you seem to have a very very very narrow worldview. And I suspect it is entirely founded upon Isolationism. And that's ok I suppose.
But it was isolationism that got us into WW2 and made WW1 a horrible mess.
This conflict in Iran is not Korea, Vietnam not Iraq/Afghanistan. It is extremely simplistic to make that conclusion as you have.
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Bibi has said since the early 90’s that Iran is 30 days(or something to that extent) to a nuclear weapon....."die in a war that isn’t beneficial to the average American but only benefits the 1% have at it."
This statement struck me odd and then it hit me.
The difference between us is that YOU see ALL of America's military endeavors as ...."isn't beneficial..."
And you seem to have a very very very narrow worldview. And I suspect it is entirely founded upon Isolationism. And that's ok I suppose.
But it was isolationism that got us into WW2 and made WW1 a horrible mess.
This conflict in Iran is not Korea, Vietnam not Iraq/Afghanistan. It is extremely simplistic to make that conclusion as you have.
So has he been lying for the last 30 years?
Do you believe we have what is called, the military industrial complex?
Ive had jock itch. Is that the same thing?
He just means it's not good for America, or in the national interests.
It's in the interests of and for the benefit of Israel...so called.
Almost. But not quite.
(I guess)
1. What Bibi said 36 years ago doesn't seem relevant. Obammy and Hitlery GAVE them nuclear material. Neither you nor I are privy to what Iran did with it other than what the (corrupt according to you) media tells us.
2. I, nor you, have any reliable method to determine IF or WHEN Netanyahu lied or not.
3. I believe it was Eisenhower who coined that phrase "military industrial complex". ( I may be wrong. It could have been Truman) Do I believe it exists? Only a complete idiot would deny it's existence. Industry BUILDS military equipment.
Our industrial might is what beat the Axis powers in WW2. People said it was our military; but our military had that might because of American industry. So, "military industrial complex" is a valid phrase.
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Eisenhower, not Truman, warned us about the "military industrial complex."
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
Eisenhower also said:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. This is, I repeat, the best way of life to be found on the road the world has been taking. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. […] Is there no other way the world may live?"
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"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
Eisenhower also said:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. This is, I repeat, the best way of life to be found on the road the world has been taking. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. […] Is there no other way the world may live?"
Eisenhower on the Opportunity Cost of Defense Spending , by Scott Horton
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who
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How dare you talk about male hygiene with other men in the room. What's your home church? I need to have words with your elders.
(And, yes, it is caused by a fungal infection, just not the same one.)