I’m saying, if arming yourself prevents that kind horrible outcome, you would. Even if it would be a “tie” if you didn’t.

With 80% of their buildings destroyed and cut off from the rest of the world?

Things have basically always been getting worse over every administration. Usually just quicker over republican admins.

It’s OK. You don’t need examples or data when you have vibes. I wish you well regardless.

Care to tell me why I’m wrong, rather than make a silly analogy and call me names?

It’s not terribly different, just with less focus on the optics and mildly more brazen.

We invaded Iraq for oil, we’re gearing up to invade Venezuela for oil.

We have been cruel and exploitative to undocumented migrants for quite some time, but now it’s just dialed up and a little extra racist.

They’re just doing it all in a way that makes you feel gross, which you should, but having shame about the evil being done doesn’t change the material harm.

Calling it a “war” is super sus and it really feels like this whole line of questioning is bait.

Ah, so china shouldn’t even bother with arming and defending itself. It should just roll over for us huh?

Israel is the Nazi Germany of our generation. Diplomacy is obviously preferred but it’s becoming more clear that they will likely overextend in their rabid violent outbursts and collapse under the weight of its own contradictions.

I hate the amount of needless violence that will be inflicted on so many in the process. Things look very bleak if I’m being so for real.

The Palestinians want emancipation and self determination, preferably with their stolen land back or some form of reparations.

If you’re trying to imply they might genocide them back or something, please look toward history’s other emancipitory movements like freeing the slaves in the US. People fear monger that the victims will be do the same as the perpetrators in an act of revenge and that just doesn’t generally happen.

The EU are primarily US vassal states.

And Cowbee is legit the goat. One of my favorite posters for sure. Thanks for what you do. 🫡

You’re blaming the victim for the fact they have a dysfunctional state? Really?

Sure, that only strengthens the argument that the US should have been even more “authoritarian”; prosecuted more slavers for their crimes against humanity, pay out reparations, control the narrative about the civil war (or rather, don’t allow southern states to teach it with the lies by omission).

Where’s the invade Israel option?

I think some would take the job more willingly if the job wasn’t as societally stigmatized as it is currently. “Nobody” is certainly a stretch but I get where you’re coming from.

Or it’s a Nazi dogwhistle disguised as a mistake. Hard to tell.

Similar to why a “dog bites man” situation is unremarkable, unlike a “man bites dog”.

Bad faith? They’re roughly analogous. I’m just trying to see what you think. I think you don’t like where the logical conclusions go and would rather disengage to save face. It’s OK.

I respect this attempt to reach this guy, but it’s obvious if he gets any kind of contactory information to “the narrative”, he’s just going to shriek “tankie” and close his ears.

But it was nice seeing it regardless, Thank you.