I am an American combat veteran of the Global War on Terror. I suffer from moral injuries, and I have trouble not seeing any issue through the lens of American imperialism.
Fuck everyone who is willing to sacrifice Ukrainian men and boys in order to weaken Russia for the benefit of the Western powers.
I’m the last person anyone would invite to a party.
Unless they have continued to do this after he took office, he is not fully responsible for this. In fact, for THIS, he is not at all responsible. He MIGHT be responsible for not holding the people who are responsible to account, which is not the same as being “fully responsible” for something that happened before he was in office.
Right. Trump used a computer. Because he needed to be convinced to commit a crime. That all of the previous administrations have done. Sure.
Good to see kids these days standing up for themselves.
Wow you really don’t like it when someone quotes you, do you? haha
I didn’t realize I had to explain why due process is important. You see, little Billy, when anyone can punish you (in these cases, execute you) for anything without proving it, accusing you, or even knowing who you are, then it doesn’t matter what crime you are accused of. Justice becomes a fascist tool to be used against anyone who is not in the good graces of those wielding the power.
You can see then that it matters not if Trump calls them narcoterrorists or if Obama calls them terrorists. Or if the next guy decides jaywalking justifies that force. If there is no due process, the crime is immaterial, regardless of what it is.
I hope you learn why due process is essential.
Here is a quote from you about Obama’s kill list and signature drone strike policies: “If it is true that someone is planning to commit terrorism, it may be justified to kill them, if other methods of preventing them are not practical.” *You are focusing on terror versus narcoterror. This is missing the point. *
Obama’s kill list and signature drone strike policies did not include any due process to determine if there was any planning to commit terrorism, making the killings completely unjustified. In the case of signature strikes, the person’s identity would be unknown, and their behavior would be boiled down to where they were in the world, their gender, and their perceived age, so nothing about their behavior at all.
*You are ignoring the process by which someone is targeted, which is the entire point. *
You are right that Ukraine is a puppet and its men are sacraficial lambs used to try and weaken Russa.
Russia is defending itself against NATO encroachment.
The idea that Russia is trying to liberate anyone is absurd and laughable.
I remember the Cold War. The USSR was bad because they were communists.
Then, after the fall of the Soviet Union, Western governments and corporations paid the corrupt, now former communists, who were in charge of industries, to hand over resources in ways that would not help Russia and turned Russia into an Oligarchy right away. At the same time, agreements were made about NATO (which should have been defunct the moment the USSR fell, given its mission) and about how close a NATO country would be to Russian borders.
Then, when Russian people were upset about the way the West was exploiting their resources and violating agreements, a strongman gained power by “standing up to the West,” and suddenly, Russia was bad again. Putin would not be in power if he did not have the West as a foil.
The West has certainly been Russophobic my entire life, and it’s crazy to see my fellow citizens in the US continue to fall for the same old tricks.
OP has never heard of Voice of America, apparently.
You are missing the point. The people put on either list have never been accused of anything in a court of law. They were never indicted. They have no way to get off those lists. There is no due process and no congressional oversight. The executive branch decided they should die, so they died. End of story.
It started in the Middle East with Islamic terrorism. It is currently in Latin America being called narco terrorism. You can see it already happening in the US with peaceful protesters and those who use encription online. There is no difference. It is all equally bad. What Obama did was the exact same thing in the same way as what Trump is doing.
The next guy, regardless of the color of his tie, will be more than willing to use this unified executive theory product in even more disgusting ways. And for that, we can all say, “Thanks, Obama!”
Who could have guessed that the war of attrition the West was confident it would win wouldn’t end as they thought? I guess they haven’t sacrificed enough Ukrainian men, but it won’t stop them from doing the same thing to every country Russia borders.
This is not worse than the “War on terror bullshit.” It is the exact same. Obama’s drone strategy involved a kill list that included no due process and signature drone strikes, which killed people without knowing who they were. There did not have to be evidence of the victims ever having committed anything close to a terrorist act. It didn’t even matter if the victims were American kids.
People who refer to themselves as ‘the chosen’ don’t think they have to adhere to the rules that apply to everyone else? Shocked! Shocked, I tell ya!
Who is this for? After shitting the bed in this state during the presidential election, shouldn’t she be in the woods somewhere with Clinton?
Any agreement with these people is worthless. How many times must the US fuck over its “allies” before groups of people with no good options refuse to deal with them?
Kraft donated $2 million dollars to the “humanitarian crises” after Macklemore publicly shamed him. $2 million to Kraft is the equivalent of someone making $100,000 donating $11.
Democrats gave the Israelites weapons to carry out their genocide, which helped them lose to literally the most unqualified candidate to ever run for anything.
Want to go tit for tat? I have more ammo, I promise.
His pedals just tweeted that they are out too. Also, Keller Williams did this looping shit 20 years ago, and it was more interesting.
Most of the people I see telling people not to vote are Red and Blue guys talking to anyone thinking about voting for a third party. I see AOC make shit up about the Green Party candidates when the Green Party candidates are the ones putting their asses on the line, getting arrested, and protesting the abhorrent shit this administration does. That is worlds away from a Chuck Schumer letter.
The comments are heartening. The parties are more alike than they are dissimilar. One is a better class of criminal, for sure, but neither is worth supporting carte blanche. There are a handful of elected Democrats who are worth supporting, but the longer they are exposed to the DNC “moderates,” the more they expose themselves to the weakness that most humans succumb to.
Show me a Blue No Matter Who voter, and I’ll show you someone who willingly gives their time and money to a billionaire who owns a pro sports team that already has ripped off the community they live in for millions of dollars in ballpark deals.
This is bipartisan. I remember when Obama continued to send military aid to Egypt DURING their military coup, which is also illegal under US law. No one gave a shit.
Yokels all over rural America were up in arms over the idea that their jobs producing small but integral parts of a weapons system that would eventually go to a strongman using force to stay in power might dry up. No politician will ever dare threaten to damage the military-industrial complex for economic reasons alone.