Biden seems hell bent on destroying the world before Trump takes over
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Uncreative — 1 year ago(November 21, 2024 08:55 PM)
Russia can't use their nukes. Even if by some chance they still work, the second Putin uses one he loses all his leverage and he's a dead man.
I don't know why you keep saying our military equipment is out of date. Thanks to the military industrial complex we've got the best weapons money can buy. Which is part of the problem. You could make a good argument that we should be scaling way back but that's beside the point. The F35 program may be behind schedule and over budget but it's far more advanced than anything else we know about. That's not even counting all the classified programs that won't be public knowledge for decades. Nobody else in the world can match our aircraft carriers or destroyers. We sell weapons to half the world because our stuff is the best.
When we lose it's because we suck at dealing with guerilla warfare and nation building and I'd agree that's not something we should be getting involved in. It's also not at all comparable to the Ukraine situation. If we're going to call ourselves the leader of the free world then we need to protect free countries that need support against aggressive neighbors.
And if you want a short non comprehensive list of dictators we installed and propped up:
We put one in charge of Korea after WWII
We overthrew Iran's democratically elected government and installed the Shah as a puppet.
We overthrew the democratically elected government of Guatemala to install a dictator who would let US businesses do whatever they wanted in the country. Which is why the term banana republic exists.
We put a right wing dictator in charge of Chile and propped him up for years because we didn't like the left wing government
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Lilith — 1 year ago(November 21, 2024 09:06 PM)
You lost me the minute you backed the military industrial complex.
Wow. Just…wow.
You still did not tell me what dictators we became friends with.
America has screwed the pooch by being the police for the world for far too long. We are not responsible for all of the ills of the world. We aren't there to fix everyone else's problems, especially now when we have so many of our own, even more-so now, thanks to Biden.
Yes, our equipment is out of date. We are at least a decade behind. Today we fight the wards of yesterday while facing tomorrow. You need to consult with the people who have actually had boots on the ground. We're ahead of most, but not all.
We can go back and forth all day and neither of us are going to change our dial.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith -
Uncreative — 1 year ago(November 21, 2024 09:09 PM)
Try reading again. I didn't say it's a good thing. Just that it exists and there's no denying it. We should be cutting back. And I can't honestly see that happening any time soon no matter who the president is so if we have it we owe it to other free countries to help them stay that way.
And again: the Shah of Iran was our guy, Pinochet was our guy, the South Korean dictator was ours, we installed one in Guatemala then propped up him and a series of successors. -
Soul_Venom — 1 year ago(November 21, 2024 08:49 PM)
It is an empty threat. Putin ain't going to risk losing absolutely everything. He is getting his ass kicked as is and he knows it. He will not risk America an NATO going all in on his ass. He also knows there is a decent chance that one of his own may decide **** it and put a bullet in him if he takes such a foolish risk.
Trump is still your President. Charlie Kirk still Wins! -
Soul_Venom — 1 year ago(November 21, 2024 08:54 PM)
Speaking of blowjobs how long are you going to continue to pretend to fellate the democRATS microdick? That whole Trump-is-in-bed-with-russia nonsense has been thoroughly debunked.
Trump is still your President. Charlie Kirk still Wins!