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    @mg33:

    I appreciate that you — as an individual — find this situation appalling, because it really is.

    It's not, however, the least bit surprising that this happened.

    The view from outside your country is this: if there's one thing — and one thing only — you Americans love more than your previous guns, it's a good old-fashioned war. You worship it. You celebrate it. It's almost a religion. Not only that, you're collectively so convinced of your inherent superiority relative to the rest of us, that war-starting is a must to maintain the illusion.

    Look at the final two candidates in your previous presidential election: a Clinton, whose hubs fancied himself a nice little dust-up when his back was against the wall (though, to be fair, it happened in his second term when he wasn't up for re-election, but still), and who herself couldn't be trusted to not start one of her own; and candidate #2 was a rank moron, the village idiot, who couldn't foreign policy his way out of a wet paper bag.

    The candidate your 'great' electoral system went with is the idiot. The one who is owned by the Russians. The one whose apparent purpose is to piss off your allies, and destabilise a world order that has kept things in relatively good working shape since the end of the second world war.

    Now, before QBN's own village idiots start accusing me of being a Clinton fan, I am not. She gave me the creeps, and couldn't be trusted any more than the orange knuckle-dragger can be.

    But, here's why I brought up the fact you people love war so much: the idiot is in an election year, and he's using this particular occasion to distract from his troubles. And you know what's even more galling? It's going to work. He'll be seen as a 'hero' but the ones who matter the most: the electorate, and he's going to get re-elected thanks to it.

    So, now think about the implications of this latest incident:

    • The world will become even more destabilised — economically, socially, and politically, quite possibly leading to even more alienation of allies and 'friends';
    • The chances of an all-out war have increased dramatically, which would result in stomach-turning civilian casualty figures;
    • The likelihood of terrorist counter-attacks in US allied countries around the world — especially in Europe, but don't discount something happening on your soil, too — also resulting in even more civilian deaths.

    So, conceivably, all of this chaos and spilled blood will happen all because one old white guy is trying to save his political skin, and the culture of warmongering and violence in your country will permit it to happen.

    Is any this really good, right, and proper in your view?

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    • Let's get married. :)mg33
    • I thought you'd never ask, baby.Continuity
    • Ha. But seriously, that was all really well said.mg33
    • Also: *precious, not previous.Continuity
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    • Continuity, there is no military in Germany correct? Is your country allowed to have?robotron3k
    • I just googled and found out Germany doesn't have an army and you guys are STILL having hella trouble with dealing with your war past. Eek.robotron3k
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    • Oh, dear. You really are an imbecile.
      1) I'm not German. I have a French passport, and a Canadian passport;
      2) Germany has an army, a navy, and an air force;      Continuity
    • 3) Germany is a Nato member.Continuity
    • the years in the U.S. whose idea of a good foreign policy is, let's nuke the entire Middle East into glass. Simultaneously idiotic and terrifying.yuekit
    • Is it any surprise they love to attack other countries? The USA's national anthem is litterally about fighting a war.zarkonite
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    • We used it before the Germans got uppity the first time...robotron3k
    • Oh my, they can't quit the iron cross nor drab green colors... https://upload.wikim…robotron3k
    • Oh and they are civil services Marines and grouped together, army, navy, air are one. The Germs can'thave another Luftwaffe or even a blitzkrieg again, sad.robotron3k
    • The fetishization of the military in the USA and "precision killing" is obscene. There's maybe a few regimes out there that compare or possibly outdo the statesben_
    • Continuity do u really believe Trump is a russian owned asset? And for an anti war guy i'd think you be happy to hold off a killing this late.deathboy
    • and robotron is correct in germanys needing defense. post wwII rules fucked them but as part we got nato, similar to japan.deathboy
    • but that wasnt in defense of robo more of a geo political incentive nature. especially with nato and eu politics. If you cant rely on US who will u rely on?deathboy
    • much broader scope than the post..deathboy
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