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In reply to the discussion: Hmmm? I wonder why people chose to leave off this part of Michael's interview [View all]Spazito
(50,338 posts)I do say who I would vote for and, if asked, say why I would do so. You would be hard-pressed to find a post of mine telling someone how to vote.
Despite your condescending tone, I will answer your questions.
Do I support private schools. No. The drive toward the privatization of education is based on having a select few well-educated elite while ensuring the majority of the populace are uninformed, poorly educated and ill-equipped to foment change. It is a wish to go back to the Gilded Age, imo. Public schools educate all, private schools serve only the few.
Do I support the suppressing the treason of Dick Cheney. What suppression? The actions of Cheney and Bush are well known to the public, they are not suppressed, imo. If your point is the lack of action taken against them by the Attorney General of the U.S., Erik Holder for taking the US into the war in Iraq based on lies, I would like to know what express action you believe could be taken within the legal bounds of the law. What Bush, Cheney, Rice et al did was beyond despicable and they are responsible, by their decisions, for the deaths of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. Without their actions, we wouldn't be debating the latest ISIS question.
As to action/lack of action to be taken against ISIS, I don't know what is the best thing to do. To do nothing is an option but if the goal of ISIS is to provoke the Western powers, especially the US into a ground war, doing nothing won't deter them they will simply change their tactics. To do as the warmongers McCain and Graham demand and have a redo of the Bush/Cheney Iraq war is to ensure failure yet again.
I am beyond frustrated and angry the countries most at risk by ISIS ie Saudi Arabia, etc, refuse to act against ISIS because they count on the West to do their work for them and is why part of me says do nothing, remove all Americans, Canadians, British, etc, including the diplomatic staff and leave it to the Middle East countries to deal with ISIS. To do that is to abandon all of the Middle East to ISIS who will not be satisfied with a 'caliphate' established in Iraq and Syria, they will expand to gain greater and greater territory. At what point would it be, if ever, in the West's interest to intervene if not now, ever? I have only questions and no concrete answer to give you as to what I think should be done. This goes for all the Western countries, including Canada.
I do not support bailouts for Wall Street, I believe criminal charges should have been and still be laid against the CEOs and key administrators of the Wall Street corporations for their illegal acts. Fining them does nothing to deter them from doing what they did again.
I don't support unwarranted surveillance, I do know it has been done for decades, the only thing that has changed is the technology being used to do it now.
Your comment, "See. These are issues. Now I can get behind the idea that Obama is cuter than hell. But you took issue with me not being blindly supportive of his infatuation with neo-con goals" is beyond insulting and if false in every way. I believe when someone reverts to insults it indicates they are unsure of their own arguments and seek to shift the discussion from the issues to personalities because it is their comfort zone.
I have responded to your condescending and insulting post with substantive responses to your questions. If you are going to respond to this post, I ask that you do so with respect and substance and leave out the insults.