Iran weeks away from nuclear bomb

[CaptainObvious]

That is a cheap cop out. You said we should not be the world police. But when it comes to nukes, someone has to because Iran and Korea should not have nuclear weapons if they have proven so irresponsible with military power. Whatever we have done, Iran openly supports terrorist organizations that attacked the U.S. and Europe. Why should they suddenly be trusted with nukes.

Don't bow out just because the logic was too difficult to refute.

What qualifies us to be the world authority on who gets nuclear power? So we were first, that doesn't give us supreme authority to decide who gets what and when.
Our government, especially Congress, is arguably the most unstable government of all first world countries. We have, for decades, caused disruption, chaos, and all sorts of interference in order to topple governments around the world. For what? Money and power, nothing else. There are no clean hands in the mideast fuck story, and ours are among the dirtiest. All of our meddling comes at a price. We created the shitshow ON PURPOSE.

 

[Ricter]

Cap'n, the problem with your position is that it assumes all actors are rational actors. Religious fundamentalists (among some others) are fine with mutual destruction, they know where they're going so suicide is worth it.

 

[Ricter]

We created the shitshow ON PURPOSE.

Divide and rule.

We're doing our part right here at P&R.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Cap'n, the problem with your position is that it assumes all actors are rational actors. Religious fundamentalists (among some others) are fine with mutual destruction, they know where they're going so suicide is worth it.

Well, there are always the random lunatics to gum up the works.
I don't want to see a nuclear war, or any other kind of war, but when people start arguing that the United States has some kind of moral authority over all other nations I'm not buying that, especially considering all the bullshit we have caused while meddling around the world.
Oh, and the Christian fundamentalists are also certain of where they're going, so they say. We're doomed if the radicals on either side are going to make the final decisions.

 

[Cuddles]

What qualifies us to be the world authority on who gets nuclear power? So we were first, that doesn't give us supreme authority to decide who gets what and when.
Our government, especially Congress, is arguably the most unstable government of all first world countries. We have, for decades, caused disruption, chaos, and all sorts of interference in order to topple governments around the world. For what? Money and power, nothing else. There are no clean hands in the mideast fuck story, and ours are among the dirtiest. All of our meddling comes at a price. We created the shitshow ON PURPOSE.

Time to stop watching Jimmy Dore

 

[LacesOut]

We overthrew the government and put the Ayotollah in power? I don't remember that but ok let's put that aside for a second. Iran clearly funding terrorists and made it clear they would bomb another country into oblivion if they could. Their government (not t heir people) still live in the jihad era. You want them having nukes?

Someone who doesn’t know their history

 

[CaptainObvious]

Time to stop watching Jimmy Dore

You might be right, I never realized how "progressive" I am until I started watching him.

 

[Ricter]

You might be right, I never realized how "progressive" I am until I started watching him.

And now for something completely different... check out Chris Hedges. He's no friend of the common liberal. (Hedges has appeared on Dore's show.)

Papering Over The Rot

I run into a few conservatives at Breitbart who read and appreciate Hedges, and Glenn Greenwald.

 

[Tsing Tao]

And now for something completely different... check out Chris Hedges. He's no friend of the common liberal. (Hedges has appeared on Dore's show.)

Papering Over The Rot

I run into a few conservatives at Breitbart who read and appreciate Hedges, and Glenn Greenwald.

that's a great piece, Ricter. Thank you for posting. A shame more on the right AND left don't look at things this way, and instead focus only on "team", when the only team that matters is actually fellow man.

 

[Cuddles]

And now for something completely different... check out Chris Hedges. He's no friend of the common liberal. (Hedges has appeared on Dore's show.)

Papering Over The Rot

I run into a few conservatives at Breitbart who read and appreciate Hedges, and Glenn Greenwald.

let's be honest tho, Greenwald done and lost his goddamn mind cuz ppl didn't agree with him over Russia. I think some cons would like Vaush's takes on things even if he's a commie.