Rachel Maddow Talkin Shit about Obama+Indefinite Detention[Warning, political thread]
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You just did. And like I said, if my country invaded two neighbors on two different occasions for their oil and then forced the world into a mini world war and then refused for thirteen years to comply with inspections to ensure the world that it was no longer a threat of pulling the world into a war again, I would kind of understand if one of those countries came in and tried to make shit right.
But then I don't view the world through rose colored glasses.
Germany and Japan were both occupied after WWII and the relationship with the people went relatively smoothly; they were just happy to get started on a new, better future.
The biggest difference is that they didn't have religious fanatics who's goal was to make the rebuilding process a failure.
Oh, we're talking war now, eh?
I was never a real soldier, so I can't comment on "the shit", although my office was really cold in the winter mornings. I had aircon for the summer, though. And a cleaning maid to wake me...
Whether or not the American soldiers are doing a heroic job is not the question. Of course they are. Chain of command dislocates any responsibility from the people doing the killing and the ones ordering it. That is how you can take kids and turn them into killing machines.
I was in Paris the last time the US invaded Iraq. Had a good time, really. Do any of you other Europeans on this board remember how the US put together the Coalition? It was not exactly voluntary. The French wanted none of it, and then you guys started calling french fries "freedom fries"... And how did you get around the French veto in the Security Council? Oh, I remember, you didn't.
I was never a real soldier, so I can't comment on "the shit", although my office was really cold in the winter mornings. I had aircon for the summer, though. And a cleaning maid to wake me...
Whether or not the American soldiers are doing a heroic job is not the question. Of course they are. Chain of command dislocates any responsibility from the people doing the killing and the ones ordering it. That is how you can take kids and turn them into killing machines.
I was in Paris the last time the US invaded Iraq. Had a good time, really. Do any of you other Europeans on this board remember how the US put together the Coalition? It was not exactly voluntary. The French wanted none of it, and then you guys started calling french fries "freedom fries"... And how did you get around the French veto in the Security Council? Oh, I remember, you didn't.
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