Just a little surprised. Never would have guessed that you felt that way about Bush, Bush, Reagan et al.
Not saying that it is wrong; I’m just surprised, that’s all.
But hey, are you also on the Moscow payroll now? Is it good money?
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Just a little surprised. Never would have guessed that you felt that way about Bush, Bush, Reagan et al.
Asking.... for a friend...
I wonder if Santa put a little quid pro quo under the tree for them?
At least I know where my towel is.
I have to admit at first, I thought, ...maybe trump would be different. To his credit he did not double down on armed conflict. He didn’t start carpet bombing Syria. I’m sure collateral Arabs are relieved about that.
So cracking down on illegal immigration and pushing for more favourable trade dealsukcanuck wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 8:45 pm I have to admit at first, I thought, ...maybe trump would be different. To his credit he did not double down on armed conflict. He didn’t start carpet bombing Syria. I’m sure collateral Arabs are relieved about that.
But a very strong argument can be made that all he has done is shift the “bad guys” from ISIS to Mexican gangs and illegal immigration. So instead of the toothless brigade shouting kill all the terrorists. It’s build a wall and wage war on illegal immigration. It’s the same recipe with different ingredients.
Toss in the economic war on allies and enemies alike and it’s really no different at all to all his predecessors.
There is nothing new, it’s still fear greed and hatred
Probably not, but all the anti-Mexican retorics is beginning to fester in the minds of some of the crackpots that are out there:Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:14 pm
So cracking down on illegal immigration ...
... is as bad as "carpet bombing" Arabs?
Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:14 pmSo cracking down on illegal immigration and pushing for more favourable trade dealsukcanuck wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 8:45 pm I have to admit at first, I thought, ...maybe trump would be different. To his credit he did not double down on armed conflict. He didn’t start carpet bombing Syria. I’m sure collateral Arabs are relieved about that.
But a very strong argument can be made that all he has done is shift the “bad guys” from ISIS to Mexican gangs and illegal immigration. So instead of the toothless brigade shouting kill all the terrorists. It’s build a wall and wage war on illegal immigration. It’s the same recipe with different ingredients.
Toss in the economic war on allies and enemies alike and it’s really no different at all to all his predecessors.
There is nothing new, it’s still fear greed and hatred
... is as bad as "carpet bombing" Arabs?
AND... Trump is as bad as notorious mass-murderer Adolph Hitler.
But you don't suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome at all.
So you start your post by “clarifying” that your metaphor was limited to the fearmongering aspect.
Meh, it was an errant comment meant as a sarcastic metaphor and perhaps throw a bit of shade on a former republican president famous for managing to fuck up the Vietnam war even worse before dodging impeachment over trying to screw the democratic process.
Yeah, it’s true Johnson a Democrat stepped up a war that another democrat president “lord” Kennedy started